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How to develop rapid reviews of diagnostic tests according to experts: A qualitative exploration of researcher views [PDF]

Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods, 2023
Background Rapid reviews (RRs) have been used to provide timely evidence for policymakers, health providers, and the public in several healthcare scenarios, most recently during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Ingrid Arevalo‐Rodriguez, Susan Baxter, Karen R. Steingart, Andrea C. Tricco, Barbara Nussbaumer‐Streit, David Kaunelis, Pablo Alonso‐Coello, Patrick M. Bossuyt, Javier Zamora   +8 more
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Paper 2: Performing rapid reviews [PDF]

Systematic Reviews, 2022
Background Health policy-makers must often make decisions in compressed time frames and with limited resources. Hence, rapid reviews have become a pragmatic alternative to comprehensive systematic reviews.
Valerie J. King, Adrienne Stevens, Barbara Nussbaumer-Streit, Chris Kamel, Chantelle Garritty   +4 more
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Rapid Peer Reviewer Checklist for Rapid Reviews - RAPeer (DRAFT). [PDF]

Adv Integr Med, 2020
A draft rapid peer reviewer checklist for rapid reviews (RAPeer) was developed for the journal Advances in Integrative Medicine (AIMED) to assist peer reviewers with making a rapid assessment of the manuscripts submitted for the special edition of World Naturopathic Federation COIVD-19 Rapid Reviews of Naturopathic Medicine.
Hunter J.
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Rapid review method series: interim guidance for the reporting of rapid reviews. [PDF]

BMJ Evid Based Med
Rapid reviews (RRs) are produced using abbreviated methods compared with standard systematic reviews (SR) to expedite the process for decision-making. This paper provides interim guidance to support the complete reporting of RRs. Recommendations emerged from a survey informed by empirical studies of RR reporting, in addition to collective experience ...
Stevens A, Hersi M, Garritty C, Hartling L, Shea BJ, Stewart LA, Welch VA, Tricco AC, Cochrane Rapid Reviews Methods Group.   +8 more
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Rapid reviews for health policy and systems decision-making: more important than ever before [PDF]

Systematic Reviews, 2022
Background Due to the explosion in rapid reviews in the literature during COVID-19, their utility in universal health coverage and in other routine situations, there is now a need to document and further advance the application of rapid review methods ...
Andrea C. Tricco, Sharon E. Straus, Abdul Ghaffar, Etienne V. Langlois   +3 more
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Assessing how information is packaged in rapid reviews for policy-makers and other stakeholders: a cross-sectional study [PDF]

Health Research Policy and Systems, 2020
Background Rapid reviews (RRs) are useful products to healthcare policy-makers and other stakeholders, who require timely evidence. Therefore, it is important to assess how well RRs convey useful information in a format that is easy to understand so that
Chantelle Garritty, Candyce Hamel, Mona Hersi, Claire Butler, Zarah Monfaredi, Adrienne Stevens, Barbara Nussbaumer-Streit, Wei Cheng, David Moher   +8 more
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Rapid reviews methods series: assessing the appropriateness of conducting a rapid review. [PDF]

BMJ Evid Based Med
This paper, part of the Cochrane Rapid Review Methods Group series, offers guidance on determining when to conduct a rapid review (RR) instead of a full systematic review (SR). While both review types aim to comprehensively synthesise evidence, RRs, conducted within a shorter time frame of typically 6 months or less, involve streamlined methods to ...
Garritty C, Nussbaumer-Streit B, Hamel C, Devane D, Cochrane Rapid Reviews Methods Group.   +4 more
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The semi-automation of title and abstract screening: a retrospective exploration of ways to leverage Abstrackr’s relevance predictions in systematic and rapid reviews [PDF]

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2020
Background We investigated the feasibility of using a machine learning tool’s relevance predictions to expedite title and abstract screening. Methods We subjected 11 systematic reviews and six rapid reviews to four retrospective screening simulations ...
Allison Gates, Michelle Gates, Meghan Sebastianski, Samantha Guitard, Sarah A. Elliott, Lisa Hartling   +5 more
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Paper 1: Demand-driven rapid reviews for health policy and systems decision-making: lessons from Lebanon, Ethiopia, and South Africa on researchers and policymakers’ experiences [PDF]

Systematic Reviews, 2022
Background Rapid reviews have emerged as an approach to provide contextualized evidence in a timely and efficient manner. Three rapid review centers were established in Ethiopia, Lebanon, and South Africa through the Alliance for Health Policy and ...
Rhona M. Mijumbi-Deve, Ismael Kawooya, Edward Kayongo, Rose Izizinga, Hadis Mamuye, Krystle Amog, Etienne V. Langlois   +6 more
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Current methods for development of rapid reviews about diagnostic tests: an international survey [PDF]

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2020
Background Rapid reviews (RRs) have emerged as an efficient alternative to time-consuming systematic reviews—they can help meet the demand for accelerated evidence synthesis to inform decision-making in healthcare.
Ingrid Arevalo-Rodriguez, Karen R. Steingart, Andrea C. Tricco, Barbara Nussbaumer-Streit, David Kaunelis, Pablo Alonso-Coello, Susan Baxter, Patrick M. Bossuyt, José Ignacio Emparanza, Javier Zamora   +9 more
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