Posted by Froeks Kamminga (Methods Liaison Officer) on 7 December 2020

Each year, all 17 Cochrane Methods Groups prepare an Annual Report to record their main developments and achievements. This year, we are putting the Methods Groups and their contributions in the spotlight. 

Today, it's NRSI.  The Non-Randomized Studies for Interventions Methods Group aims to provide guidance about the inclusion of non-randomized studies (NRS) in Cochrane Reviews that assess the effectiveness of health care interventions. The group aspires to help individual reviewers to carry out reviews which include NRS and in the future they hope to assign a member of the Group to each Cochrane Review.

This year, the Group's highlight is: 

To find out more, click on the below, which will take you to the Group's summary report:

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A full overview of the outputs in methods research and development, best practice and guidance, methods implementation, as well as publications and other achievements from each of our 17 Methods Groups can be found via the links in the box below.  

Lastly, you can read the full narrative report for a summary of the key methodological developments in Cochrane over the past year.