Barriers and facilitators to uptake of systematic reviews by policy makers and health care managers: a scoping review

AC Tricco, R Cardoso, SM Thomas, S Motiwala… - Implementation …, 2015 - Springer
Background We completed a scoping review on the barriers and facilitators to use of
systematic reviews by health care managers and policy makers, including consideration of …

Interventions encouraging the use of systematic reviews by health policymakers and managers: a systematic review

L Perrier, K Mrklas, JN Lavis, SE Straus - Implementation Science, 2011 - Springer
Background Systematic reviews have the potential to inform decisions made by health
policymakers and managers, yet little is known about the impact of interventions to increase …

Towards systematic reviews that inform health care management and policy-making

J Lavis, H Davies, A Oxman, JL Denis… - Journal of health …, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives To identify ways to improve the usefulness of systematic reviews for health care
managers and policy-makers that could then be evaluated prospectively. Methods We …

Interventions to improve the use of systematic reviews in decision‐making by health system managers, policy makers and clinicians

L Murthy, S Shepperd, MJ Clarke… - Cochrane database …, 2012 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Systematic reviews provide a transparent and robust summary of existing
research. However, health system managers, national and local policy makers and …

The effectiveness of evidence summaries on health policymakers and health system managers use of evidence from systematic reviews: a systematic review

J Petkovic, V Welch, MH Jacob, M Yoganathan… - Implementation …, 2016 - Springer
Background Systematic reviews are important for decision makers. They offer many potential
benefits but are often written in technical language, are too long, and do not contain …

Methodology in conducting a systematic review of systematic reviews of healthcare interventions

V Smith, D Devane, CM Begley, M Clarke - BMC medical research …, 2011 - Springer
Background Hundreds of studies of maternity care interventions have been published, too
many for most people involved in providing maternity care to identify and consider when …

Barriers to the uptake of evidence from systematic reviews and meta-analyses: a systematic review of decision makers' perceptions

J Wallace, B Nwosu, M Clarke - BMJ open, 2012 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To review the barriers to the uptake of research evidence from systematic reviews
by decision makers. Search strategy We searched 19 databases covering the full range of …

Integration of existing systematic reviews into new reviews: identification of guidance needs

KA Robinson, EP Whitlock, ME Oneil, JK Anderson… - Systematic reviews, 2014 - Springer
Background An exponential increase in the number of systematic reviews published, and
constrained resources for new reviews, means that there is an urgent need for guidance on …

What guidance is available for researchers conducting overviews of reviews of healthcare interventions? A scoping review and qualitative metasummary

M Pollock, RM Fernandes, LA Becker… - Systematic reviews, 2016 - Springer
Background Overviews of reviews (overviews) compile data from multiple systematic
reviews to provide a single synthesis of relevant evidence for decision-making. Despite their …

Evidence map of studies evaluating methods for conducting, interpreting and reporting overviews of systematic reviews of interventions: rationale and design

C Lunny, SE Brennan, S McDonald, JE McKenzie - Systematic reviews, 2016 - Springer
Background Overviews of systematic reviews attempt to systematically retrieve and
summarise the results of multiple systematic reviews into a single document. Methods for …