Clinical Research Oriented Workshop (CROW) Meeting: June 16, 2022

 

Clinical Research Oriented Workshop (CROW) Meeting: June 16, 2022 

Present:   Levi Bonnell, Justine Dee, Nancy Gell, Ben Littenberg, Jen Oshita, Adam Sprouse-Blum, Connie van Eeghen (7)

 1.                   Warm Up

2.                   Adam’s Scoping Review “Left- vs Right-Sided Migraine: A Scoping Review”  After abstract screening and full text review, he ended up with 27 articles. The key findings from these articles are in a table. Key question: How to structure the scoping review?

a.       Unilateral is different than a study related to left or right or both

                                                   i.      Why a scoping review rather than a systematic review: wanted to understand the lay of the land.  Purpose: Are left vs right sided migraines different entities? 

                                                 ii.      Per Journal of Public Health: a scoping review is a broad research question and is more qualitative than quantitative; used to identify parameters and gaps in a body of literature.  

b.       Kinds of findings: anatomic, physiological testing, symptomatic, sociodemographic, and maybe cognitive function/neuroscience

                                                   i.      Categorize the findings and check with co-author

                                                 ii.      Generate the outcomes related to each kind of finding

c.       Results:

                                                   i.      Left sided migraines are more severe and less common

                                                 ii.      There are testing differences

                                               iii.      Therefore, find the story that confirms, illuminates, or refutes some aspect of the world by looking for patterns that emerge from review

3.                   Next week:  TBD

Recorded by: CvE