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Few evaluative studies exist examining rapid review methodology across stages of conduct: a systematic scoping review
- Source :
- Journal of clinical epidemiology. 126
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Objectives The objective is to identify studies that have assessed methodological shortcuts for undertaking rapid reviews (RRs) and mapping these to review conduct stages and Methodological Expectations of Cochrane Intervention Reviews (MECIR) guidance. Study Design and Setting We conducted a systematic scoping review. We searched multiple databases (e.g., MEDLINE, Embase), which were supplemented by grey literature searching. Methods were defined a priori in a published protocol. Results Out of 1,873 records, 90 publications were divided into four RR categories: formal evaluation (n = 14), development, which included four subcategories (n = 65), comparison (n = 2), and applying reporting guidelines/critical appraisal tools (n = 3), and a systematic review surrogate category (n = 6). Four formal evaluation studies were composite evaluations, including more than one shortcut simultaneously. The remaining 10 studies evaluated viable (e.g., including English-only publications) and unviable (e.g., single-reviewer screening) shortcuts, covering five key dimensions and five ‘other’ (e.g., involving stakeholders) considerations while conducting a review. Because of complexities around shortcuts evaluated, only a cursory mapping to MECIR criteria was possible. Conclusion Some methods shortcuts may be valid in the context of RRs, but limitations in the studies may limit their applicability. The results will serve to inform discussions within Cochrane regarding possible future implementation of RRs.
- Subjects :
- Canada
Databases, Factual
Epidemiology
MEDLINE
Applied psychology
Context (language use)
Guidelines as Topic
Abbreviated methods
Formal evaluations
Methodology
Rapid reviews
Scoping review
Shortcuts
Formal evaluation
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Abbreviations as Topic
Protocol (science)
Publications
Australia
Grey literature
Databases, Bibliographic
United Kingdom
Critical appraisal
Review Literature as Topic
Research Design
Psychology
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18785921
- Volume :
- 126
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of clinical epidemiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c78d42a8f8c756a6d0d87a47b6a2bfe6