Evidence Live has come and gone and I had a wonderful chat with Iain Chalmers. Iain is a marvel and in the course of the conversation I had a ‘light bulb’ moment relating to the nature of rapid versus systematic reviews. I’m increasingly unhappy with the distinction and I am of the view that the debate should not be ‘rapid’ versus ‘systematic’ but how, for a given context, can … Continue reading The nature of evidence synthesis
Implications of applying methodological shortcuts to expedite systematic reviews: three case studies using systematic reviews from agri-food public health. Pham MT et al. Res Synth Methods. 2016 Jun 10. This paper looks really interesting/important. I’ve not really got time to read and digest is properly but this image shows why I’m so excited by it: As you can see it’s taking an initial SR and … Continue reading Implications of applying methodological shortcuts to expedite systematic reviews
Use of Knowledge Synthesis and Translation Methodologies as the Basis of an Evidence Informed Evaluation of Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis. Waddell LA. A Thesis presented to The University of Guelph. 2016 Also added to List of articles: Non-medical rapid review papers Continue reading New article: Use of Knowledge Synthesis and Translation Methodologies as the Basis of an Evidence Informed Evaluation of Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis.
Quality of conduct and reporting in rapid reviews: an exploration of compliance with PRISMA and AMSTAR guidelines. Kelly SE et al. Systematic Reviews 2016 5:79 This is an important issue in relation to rapid reviews and is connected with issues that are consistently raised in relation to rapid reviews, that of reproducibility and transparency. The objective of this study was to explore compliance with conduct … Continue reading Quality of conduct and reporting in rapid reviews
Understanding scoping reviews: Definition, purpose, and process. Peterson J et al. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. 2016 Jun 1. BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Scoping review design represents a methodology that allows assessment of emerging evidence, as well as a first step in research development. Despite its increasing use, to date no article reflecting use of scoping review methodology has been submitted for review at JAANP. … Continue reading Understanding scoping reviews: Definition, purpose, and process
I’ve been aware of these for a while but it was requested I not share. But, now they’ve been published elsewhere, I thought I’d share them now! In October 2015 members of the International Collaboration for the Automation of System Reviews (ICASR) met and drafted the following: Systematic reviews involve multiple tasks, each with different issues, but all must be improved. Automation may assist with all … Continue reading The Vienna Principles
Using GRADE to respond to health questions with different levels of urgency. Thayer KA, Schünemann HJ. Environ Int. 2016 Apr 25. pii: S0160-4120(16)30107-6 GRADE is a method of assessing the certainty in evidence (also known as quality of evidence or confidence in effect estimates) and the strength of recommendations in health care. In the paper the authors acknowledge that trustworthy answers are required across different … Continue reading Article review: Using GRADE to respond to health questions with different levels of urgency
Two great looking papers to add to the site: Using GRADE to respond to health questions with different levels of urgency. Thayer KA, Schünemann HJ. Environ Int. 2016 Apr 25. pii: S0160-4120(16)30107-6 EPC Methods: An Exploration of the Use of TextMining Software in Systematic Reviews. AHRQ Publication No. 16-EHC023-EF. April 2016 Continue reading Two new papers
EPC Methods: AHRQ End-User Perspectives of Rapid Reviews In this study a number of Key Informants (KIs) were interviewed. In fact it was only eight – which already has me slightly concerned (and was recognised as a possible weakness in the article: “However, our small sample size means that results may not be representative of all end-users and we cannot be sure that the themes … Continue reading Article review: AHRQ End-User Perspectives of Rapid Reviews
I’ve just added two new articles to the List of articles page: A scoping review on the conduct and reporting of scoping reviews. Tricco AC et al. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 2016 Systematic reviews are not enough: policymakers need a greater variety of synthesized evidence. Manson H. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. Available online 18 February 2016 These will be reviewed in time. Continue reading Two new papers
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