Context: Barriers to the use of systematic reviews by policymakers may be overcome by
resources that adapt and present the findings in formats more directly tailored to their needs …

Medical practices, clinical practice guidelines, clinical performance measures and
measurements, and a variety of health care–related administrative decisions, such as …

This series provides clinicians with strategies and tools to interpret and integrate evidence
from published research in their care of patients. The 2 key principles for applying all the …

Data abstraction is a key step in conducting systematic reviews because data collected from
study reports form the basis of appropriate conclusions. Recent methodological standards …

▪ Abstract The systematic review “movement” that has transformed medical journal reports of
clinical trials and reviews of clinical trials has taken hold in public health, with the most …

Objectives Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are proliferating as they are an important
building block to inform evidence-based guidelines and decision-making. Enforcement of …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To describe challenges when extracting and presenting
relevant, consistent, and accessible information from systematic reviews. MATERIALS AND …

Systematic reviews are scientific investigations, with preplanned methods and an assembly
of original studies as their “subjects”[1, 2]. They synthesize the results of multiple primary …

Background Systematic reviews provide a transparent and robust summary of existing
research. However, health system managers, national and local policy makers and …

Background There is increasing demand for rapid reviews and timely evidence synthesis.
The goal of this project was to understand end-user perspectives on the utility and limitations …