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Yu, Tianqi; Lin, Lifeng; Furuya-Kanamori, Luis; Xu, Chang – Research Synthesis Methods, 2022
In evidence-based practice, new topics generally only have a few studies available for synthesis. As a result, the evidence of such meta-analyses raised substantial concerns. We investigated the robustness of the evidence from these earliest studies. Real-world data from the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) were collected. We…
Descriptors: Synthesis, Evidence, Decision Making, Reliability
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Calonge, Ned; Shekelle, Paul G.; Owens, Douglas K.; Teutsch, Steven; Downey, Autumn; Brown, Lisa; Noyes, Jane – Research Synthesis Methods, 2023
Despite research investment and a growing body of diverse evidence there has been no comprehensive review and grading of evidence for public health emergency preparedness and response practices comparable to those in medicine and other public health fields. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened an ad hoc committee…
Descriptors: Evidence, Synthesis, Mixed Methods Research, Public Health
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Weise, Alina; Büchter, Roland; Pieper, Dawid; Mathes, Tim – Research Synthesis Methods, 2020
Background: Evidence syntheses provide the basis for evidence-based decision making in healthcare. To judge the certainty of findings for the specific decision context evidence syntheses should consider context suitability (ie, generalizability, external validity, applicability or transferability). Our objective was to determine the status quo and…
Descriptors: Evidence, Synthesis, Evidence Based Practice, Decision Making