Database of Uncertainties of the Effects of Treatments (DUETs)

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Database of Uncertainties of the Effects of
Treatments (DUETs)

• Mark Fenton
• Editor, DUETs
• James Lind Initiative

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Developing DUETs

• Sources of uncertainties about the effects of
  treatment
• From patients
• Patient information/advice services (e.g. Asthma
  UK, NHS Direct)
• From clinicians
• Clinical question answering services (e.g.
  ATTRACT, NLH's Primary Care Question Answering
  Service)
• BMJ Clinical Evidence
• Also
• Systematic reviews
• Clinical guidelines

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A working definition of uncertainty about the
effects of treatments?

• No up-to-date systematic review exists
• or
• An up-to-date systematic review shows that
  uncertainty exists

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Schizophrenia
Epilepsy
Asthma
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• Mark Fenton
• Editor, DUETs
• James Lind Initiative
• Summertown Pavilion
• Middle Way
• Oxford OX2 7LG.
• Email mfenton_at_lindalliance.org
• Web www.duets.nhs.uk / www.lindalliance.org