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Welcome to speechBITE™. Update on the website How can speechBITE™ help you?. What is speechBITE™? Free website for all to search the literature Covers the entire scope of speech pathology All treatment studies contain empirical data
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Welcome tospeechBITE™ • Update on the website • How can speechBITE™ help you?
What is speechBITE™? • Free website for all to search the literature • Covers the entire scope of speech pathology • All treatment studies contain empirical data • Only trials where the population have a communication/swallowing disorder or are ‘at risk’
Study types • Systematic Reviews • Randomised Controlled Trials • Non-randomised controlled trials • Case Series • Single Case Experimental Designs • Ratings, a score out of 10 on the PEDro scale for randomised controlled trials and group comparison studies - “believability”
Based on PsycBITE™www.psycbite.com • PsycBITE provided 455 treatments studies • 54 PEDro ratings for RCTs and group comparison studies
The speechBITE™ team • Dr Leanne Togher, Project Leader, Senior NHMRC Research FellowThe University of Sydney • A/Prof Michelle Lincoln, The University of Sydney • Dr Emma Power, The University of Sydney • Dr Tricia McCabe, The University of Sydney • Dr Natalie Munro, The University of Sydney • Kate Smith- speechBITE™ Project manager, The University of Sydney • Elizabeth Murray- speechBITE™ Research Assistant, The University of Sydney • Members of the NSW EBP Network • Speech Pathology Australia
Where are we now? • Launched in May 2008 by Professor Mark Onslow • 1085 studies in total and always growing • 239 subscribers from all over the world • 124 treatments studies with ratings
In terms of the 5 step EBP Process (NSW Speech Pathology Evidence Based Practice Network Resource Package, 2006): 1. Form clinical question 2. Search for best evidence speechBITETM EBP Network 3. Critique study 4. Implement/ evaluate your findings 5. Share your findings
Frequently Asked Questions • Does it have full text? No, but you may obtain full text from: • Publisher of journal • Library • PubMed: www.pubmed.com • Why is there no abstract? We have not been given permission to display that abstract at the time.
Why are there no articles for my search? We are continuing to build up the database, check back later. • Do you include literature reviews? Systematic reviews and treatment studies only that contain empirical data. • Do you include assessment / prognosis studies? No • Do you include qualitative studies? No • How do I become a rater? Running training workshops in 2009.
