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Oral Guideline development in 2024: the continuing challenge to place knowledge and clinical practice on a secure footing
2024 Prague [Global Evidence Summit]
James, James, Nicolson, Qureshi, Timoney
Background
In September 2023, 2 events were held in Edinburgh and Glasgow, covering Guideline Development: the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) Symposium and Guidelines International Network (GIN) Conference.
Objective
This paper explores themes arising at each event to…
Oral Guideline development in lower-middle income countries hosting refugees using GRADE-ADOLOPMENT framework: insights from Jordan
2024 Prague [Global Evidence Summit]
Abu-Nar, Alharasis, Almohtaseb, Alshokaibi, Alzghoul, Hammad, Megdadi, Mustafa, Qanno', Rabai, Sartawi, Shawawreh
Background: Jordan is a lower-middle income country (LMIC) that hosts the second most refugees per capita worldwide. The Ministry of Health (MOH) Strategic Plan 2023-2025 prioritized local guidelines development to standardize clinical practice across health sectors. The national committee for…
Oral Guideline-based clinical decision support framework related to multimorbidity: a protocol for development
2024 Prague [Global Evidence Summit]
Chen, Estill, Wang
Background: Multimorbidity is a growing global health concern that also poses new challenges for the development and use of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs). Most CPGs focus on 1 target condition with limited additional guidance for patients with comorbidities. Some institutions such as NICE…
Oral Half-time for SDG evidence generation: Insights from the Development Evidence Portal
2024 Prague [Global Evidence Summit]
Engelbert, Grywatz, Menon, Ravat, Wolf, Yavuz
To achieve the SDGs, the international community will need rigorous evidence about which programmes and policies are most effective in improving indicators related to the goals. The Development Evidence Portal (DEP), maintained by the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), is a…
Oral Handling languages other than English in systematic reviews to ensure accessibility: reflections from an international working group
2024 Prague [Global Evidence Summit]
Aromataris, Stern
Background: Although limiting study inclusion on the basis of language of publication is common practice in systematic reviews, it opens the review up to language bias, which limits the review’s usefulness to make decisions about patient care. JBI is a world leader in evidence synthesis; however,…
Oral Handling outcome multiplicity in systematic reviews on educational interventions: lessons learned from a review on first aid training for laypeople
2024 Prague [Global Evidence Summit]
Borra, D'aes, De Buck, Kendall, Laermans, McCaul
BACKGROUND:
A priority exercise by Cochrane First Aid revealed that the effectiveness of first aid training for laypeople is a high-priority uncertainty among their stakeholders. While conducting a systematic review (SR) addressing this educational question, we were confronted with unanticipated…
Oral Handling time-varying treatments in observational studies: a scoping review and recommendations
2024 Prague [Global Evidence Summit]
Xu, Wang, Sun
Background: Handling time-varying exposure is a challenging issue for assessing treatment effect especially in observational studies. In presence of time-varying exposure, valid effect estimation involves well-defined objectives, rigorous design, and proper analysis. However, existing…
Oral Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence in evidence retrieval and synthesis: a paradigm shift in health care research
2024 Prague [Global Evidence Summit]
Mishra, Panda
Background:
This presentation delves into the transformative integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in evidence searching and synthesis, addressing the burgeoning challenges in health care research. With an exponential growth in available information, the need for efficient and accurate…
Oral Health data sharing in the Czech Republic: from national methodology to practical use in data-driven decision-making
2024 Prague [Global Evidence Summit]
Komenda
Background: Comprehensive provision of access to and sharing of centralized health data involves a wide range of steps, from standardizing the content of primary data to ensuring efficient collection, follow-up, and editing of data to its publication with guaranteed updates and considering user…
Oral Health literacy levels in multimorbidity: A systematic review and meta- analysis
2024 Prague [Global Evidence Summit]
Chauhan, Linares-Jimenez, Chandra Dash, de Zeeuw, Kumavat, F. de Winter, Pati
"Background:
Multimorbidity, understood as the concurrent presence of two or more chronic conditions in an individual, is emerging worldwide as a public health challenge. Health literacy (HL) may be an essential factor associated with the development of multimorbidity. Research underlines the…
Oral How a health technology assessment (HTA) agency may promote evidence-based health care and research
2024 Prague [Global Evidence Summit]
Bertilsson, Hellberg, Höistad, Jolstedt, Östberg, Rydin, Ryk, Strömwall, Traneus, Wallgren
Background: The Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services (SBU), founded in 1987, is one of the oldest health technology assessment (HTA) agencies in the world. When conducting systematic reviews, HTA reports, or evidence maps, a common result is that the…
Oral How and when to stop living guideline recommendations?
2024 Prague [Global Evidence Summit]
Greving, Nijs, Kuijpers, Burgers
Background: The concept of living guidelines is increasingly being used to ensure that recommendations are responsive to rapidly emerging evidence. However, living guidelines are resource intensive. Therefore, guideline organizations need to consider reasons to start as well as to stop living…
Oral How and why do evidence-based screening recommendations from national guideline institutions differ: cross sectional study.
2024 Prague [Global Evidence Summit]
Jørgensen, Ropers
Background:
The evidence base for screening interventions is international, and a number of influential national guideline institutions synthesize evidence based on similar principles for evidence-based practice, yet recommendations sometimes differ. These differences can have a substantial impact…
Oral How applicable is evidence from randomized controlled trials to patients receiving stroke rehabilitation in England?
2024 Prague [Global Evidence Summit]
Muller, Sheridan Rains, Pink, Wood, Warburton
BACKGROUND:
RCTs and other well-designed studies often apply strict inclusion criteria. In contrast, clinical guidelines typically apply to a broader patient population. If guidelines are primarily informed by studies with strict inclusion criteria, they may suffer from poor external validity or be…
Oral How did media coverage of health research published by Irish academic institutions (2017–2023) change over time?
2024 Prague [Global Evidence Summit]
Baral, Burke, Clyne, Logullo, Ryan, Sharp
Background: Scientific publications have been growing exponentially, contributing to an "infodemic," as seen during the COVID-19 pandemic. Quantifying the impact and reach of scientific research cannot be solely measured by traditional metrics like citation counts as these have a lag time…
Oral How interventions improve women’s agency and create an enabling environment for entrepreneurship in agribusiness: an evidence and gap map
2024 Prague [Global Evidence Summit]
Mantri
Background: This evidence and gap map (EGM) shows evidence synthesis of studies on the effectiveness of interventions to promote women’s entrepreneurship in agribusiness in low- and middle-income countries (L&MICs).
Objectives: To develop a clear framework of the types of interventions and…
Oral How social media supports health professionals' knowledge uptake in clinical practice: A realist inquiry
2024 Prague [Global Evidence Summit]
Zhao, Gifford, Vandyk, Harvey
Background: Despite the increasing popularity of using social media to disseminate and translate knowledge, there remains a lack of theoretical understanding of how social media can work for healthcare providers’ knowledge use. The purpose of this thesis was to understand how and under what…
Oral How to Ensure Local Impact? Lessons from a National Guidelines Program in Saudi Arabia
2024 Prague [Global Evidence Summit]
Brunnhuber, Bilimoria, Memish, Al-Ghodaier, Crisera, Qubissi, Alsaeedi
Background: In 2021, the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health commissioned a National Guidelines Program as a cross-cutting intervention for the healthcare transformation pillar of Vision 2030 (https://www.vision2030.gov.sa/). The program found a permanent home with the National Center for Evidence-…
Oral How to be better prepared to address evidence needs during health crisis: a proposed action plan for rapid evidence synthesis
2024 Prague [Global Evidence Summit]
Hong, Mc Sween-Cadieux, Lane, Guillette, Manceau, Li, Granikov, Pomey, Gagnon, Ziam, Dagenais, Dagenais, Lesage, Poder, Drapeau, Ridde
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated the rapid availability of evidence to respond in a timely manner to the needs of clinicians and decision-makers in health and social services. Several lessons can be learned from this global health crisis and can be used to put in place actions to…
Oral How to measure the rate of knowledge transfer from clinical trials to clinical practice guidance
2024 Prague [Global Evidence Summit]
Alper, Couban, Dehnbostel, Robinson
Background: It takes 17 years to get from evidence to practice. Although often stated, we do not have an accurate way to measure this important time gap in the modern era. At stake is the health of patients and the ability to find the best available evidence when making critical decisions. The…