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Review Question V
include incomplete reporting of outcome data (as
a result we could not construct a funnel plot to
test for publication bias), no statistical analysis and
poor reporting of the intervention. No reporting
of adherence to screening protocols limits the
interpretation of identification rates. These study
limitations weaken overall findings and ultimately
reduce the strength of evidence of these primary
studies. The main limitations arising from the
primary studies are failure to measure or lack of
power to detect actual morbidity (in the case of
the study by Thompson and colleagues 169 ) and the
generally weak study designs.
Discussion
Despite the finding that interventions in primary
care settings produced overall a trend for
increased identification and other activities aimed
at reducing morbidity and mortality, there is
insufficient evidence of effectiveness. The most
methodologically robust study showed least effect
on identification rates.