Response letter to Drs. Glind, Hooft, and van Munster

Affiliations

¹ Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, Oregon.
² Evidence-Based Medicine, Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, Oregon.
³ Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon.
⁴ Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon.
⁵ Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York.

Comment

Jennifer S Lin et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 Jun.

. 2013 Jun;61(6):1048-1049.

doi: 10.1111/jgs.12298.

¹ Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, Oregon.
² Evidence-Based Medicine, Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, Oregon.
³ Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon.
⁴ Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon.
⁵ Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York.

No abstract available

Comment on

Challenges in synthesizing and interpreting the evidence from a systematic review of multifactorial interventions to prevent functional decline in older adults.
Lin JS, Whitlock EP, Eckstrom E, Fu R, Perdue LA, Beil TL, Leipzig RM. Lin JS, et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2012 Nov;60(11):2157-66. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04214.x. Epub 2012 Oct 16. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2012. PMID: 23072282
Individual patient data meta-analyses can be a useful alternative to a standard systematic review in geriatric medicine.
van de Glind EMM, Hooft L, van Munster BC. van de Glind EMM, et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 Jun;61(6):1047-1048. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12283. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013. PMID: 23772742 No abstract available.

1. Lin JS, Whitlock EP, Eckstrom E et al. Challenges in synthesizing and interpreting the evidence from a systematic review of multifactorial interventions to prevent functional decline in older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc 2012;60:2157-2166.