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Toward a comprehensive evidence map of overview of systematic review methods: paper 1—purpose, eligibility, search and data extraction

Systematic Reviews, 2017
Background Overviews of systematic reviews attempt to systematically retrieve and summarise the results of multiple systematic reviews. Methods for conducting, interpreting and reporting overviews are in their infancy. To date, there has been no evidence
Carole Lunny, Sue E. Brennan, Steve McDonald, Joanne E. McKenzie   +3 more
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How are systematic reviews of prevalence conducted? A methodological study

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2020
Background There is a notable lack of methodological and reporting guidance for systematic reviews of prevalence data. This information void has the potential to result in reviews that are inconsistent and inadequate to inform healthcare policy and ...
Celina Borges Migliavaca, Cinara Stein, Verônica Colpani, Timothy Hugh Barker, Zachary Munn, Maicon Falavigna, on behalf of the Prevalence Estimates Reviews – Systematic Review Methodology Group (PERSyst)   +6 more
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PFAS exposure of humans, animals and the environment: Protocol of an evidence review map and bibliometric analysis

Environment International, 2022
Background: Per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) substances are a group of anthropogenic organic chemicals. PFAS have numerous applications in the industrial and commercial fields.
Catharina Vendl, Matthew D. Taylor, Jennifer Bräunig, Matthew J. Gibson, Daniel Hesselson, G. Gregory Neely, Malgorzata Lagisz, Shinichi Nakagawa   +7 more
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Peer support for people with chronic conditions: a systematic review of reviews

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background People with chronic conditions experience functional impairment, lower quality of life, and greater economic hardship and poverty. Social isolation and loneliness are common for people with chronic conditions, with multiple co-occurring ...
Dean M. Thompson, Lesley Booth, David Moore, Jonathan Mathers   +3 more
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Management strategies for patients with subclinical hypothyroidism: a protocol for an umbrella review

Systematic Reviews, 2021
Background Subclinical hypothyroidism is a thyroid disorder diagnosed from the laboratory blood test results of otherwise asymptomatic patients. It has been associated with poor cardiovascular outcomes, mortality and progression to overt thyroid hormone ...
Brenda S. Bauer, Amaya Azcoaga-Lorenzo, Utkarsh Agrawal, Colin McCowan   +3 more
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Strategies and Barriers in Clinical Practice Guidelines Implementation [PDF]

Farmacja Polska, 2023
Object of study Clinical practice guidelines are a set of recommendations formulated in a systematic way by a panel of experts in a particular field. Their purpose is to assist the healthcare professionals in making decisions about appropriate health ...
Magdalena Zielińska, Magdalena Damentko, Kinga Dziok-Dmowska, Sylwia Zemlik, Tomasz Hermanowski   +4 more
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An overview of innovations in the external peer review of journal manuscripts. [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 not approved]

Wellcome Open Research, 2023
Background: There are currently numerous innovations in peer review and quality assurance in scholarly publishing. The Research on Research Institute conducted a programme of co-produced projects investigating these innovations.
Helen Buckley Woods, Wolfgang Kaltenbrunner, Stephen Pinfield, Johanna Brumberg, Ludo Waltman   +4 more
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CAT HPPR: a critical appraisal tool to assess the quality of systematic, rapid, and scoping reviews investigating interventions in health promotion and prevention

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2022
Background For over three decades researchers have developed critical appraisal tools (CATs) for assessing the scientific quality of research overviews.
Thomas L. Heise, Andreas Seidler, Maria Girbig, Alice Freiberg, Adrienne Alayli, Maria Fischer, Wolfgang Haß, Hajo Zeeb   +7 more
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Guidance for overviews of reviews continues to accumulate, but important challenges remain: a scoping review

Systematic Reviews, 2020
Background Overviews of reviews (overviews) provide an invaluable resource for healthcare decision-making by combining large volumes of systematic review (SR) data into a single synthesis.
Michelle Gates, Allison Gates, Samantha Guitard, Michelle Pollock, Lisa Hartling   +4 more
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Managing overlap of primary study results across systematic reviews: practical considerations for authors of overviews of reviews

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2021
Background Overviews often identify and synthesise a large number of systematic reviews on the same topic, which is likely to lead to overlap (i.e. duplication) in primary studies across the reviews.
Carole Lunny, Dawid Pieper, Pierre Thabet, Salmaan Kanji   +3 more
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