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Poster Using the results of a qualitative systematic review for quantitative instrument validation
2017 Cape Town [Global Evidence Summit]
Salmond, Holly, Jadotte
Background: Commonly a qualitative exploratory study serves as the foundation for quantitative instrument development. This was the case in the 1979 development of Molter’s Critical Care Family Needs Inventory (CCFNI) that became the benchmark instrument for measuring family needs associated with…
Poster Validation of a questionnaire to measure people’s ability to assess claims about treatment effects in Spanish
2017 Cape Town [Global Evidence Summit]
Pérez-Gaxiola, Austvoll-Dahlgren
Background: Every day people are faced with claims about treatment effects through the mainstream media, social media, or from family and friends. Such claims may include advice on how to prevent illness, or about the effects of treatments, or public-health interventions. Enabling people to make…
Poster Validity of patient-reported data collected through mobile application in a first paediatric at-home study
2017 Cape Town [Global Evidence Summit]
von Niederhäusern, Saccilotto, Schädelin, Summerer, Ziesenitz, Hammann, Bielicki, Pfister, Pauli-Magnus
Background: Clinical studies in children are challenging, yet they are urgently needed to advance our knowledge on optimal dosing and action of medicines. Remote 'at-home' trials are suggested as an option for a more patient-centred future of trials.
Objectives: This pilot aimed to…
Oral Verification of the accuracy and completeness of disclosures of Conflict of Interest in the medical literature: a systematic survey
2017 Cape Town [Global Evidence Summit]
Hakoum, El-Rayess, Abou Ghaddara, Bejjani, Haddad, Schunemann, Guyatt, Akl
Background: There is evidence that conflict of interest (COI) disclosures are not always accurate or complete. Reasons for incomplete or inaccurate disclosure include carelessness, missed detection, inappropriate assessment of potential risks, and intentional under-reporting.
Objectives: The…
Poster Virtual reality environments (VRE) for pre-and post- registration health professional education
2017 Cape Town [Global Evidence Summit]
Kyaw, Saxena, Posadzki, Vseteckova, Nikolaou, Paul, Divakar, Kononowicz, Masiello, Zary, Car, Tudor Car
Background: Virtual Reality Environments (VRE) are simulated counterparts of a real world that can help users experience situations that would normally be difficult in the real world to gain practical knowledge and experience in a simulated environment.
Objectives: The objective of this Cochrane…
Workshop Visual-storytelling tools for evidence translation and use
2017 Cape Town [Global Evidence Summit]
Govender, Morar
Objectives: To provide participants an introduction to visual-storytelling approaches and tools which can be used to improve evidence translation and use.
Description: Evidence generators often present information in long, academic papers or reports that put even the staunchest supporter to…
Poster Visualisation study on research in the field of public health published in the Cochrane Library
2017 Cape Town [Global Evidence Summit]
li, wei, shang, li, Yang
Background: With the propagation of the public health, systematic reviews of public health research have become increasingly popular. However, due to the complexity of public health research, they are facing challenges.
Objectives: Using the methods of bibliometrcs and data mining to analyse…
Oral WHO environmental and occupational health guidelines: 8 challenges
2017 Cape Town [Global Evidence Summit]
Verbeek, Heroux, van Deventer
Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) has set out a stringent procedure to ensure that guidelines contain evidence-based recommendations for healthcare interventions. WHO also expects exposure guidelines for various environmental risk factors to be evidence based. However, applying the…
Oral WeCancer: a self-tracking platform for both oncology patients and physicians to allow standardised treatment
2017 Cape Town [Global Evidence Summit]
Filho, El Dib
Background: The incidence of cancer worldwide is estimated at 14 million and, by 2030, 27 million new cases of cancer will have been recorded, along with 17 million deaths. The absence of an individualised treatment due to the difficulties in following each clinical scenario; lack of registries…
Poster What Works Centres – collaboration across health, social care, educational achievement, crime, early intervention, economic growth, ageing better and wellbeing
2017 Cape Town [Global Evidence Summit]
Morris, Sharples, Shaw
Background: In 2013, the UK Government launched the What Works (WW) Network, a national initiative to improve the way government and other organisations create, share and use (or ‘generate, transmit and adopt’) high-quality evidence for decision making. WW Centres support the principle that good…
Poster What are the barriers to, and facilitators of, implementing and receiving MHPSS programmes delivered to populations affected by humanitarian emergencies? A qualitative evidence synthesis
2017 Cape Town [Global Evidence Summit]
Dickson, Bangpan
Background: Humanitarian emergencies can have a direct impact on the psychosocial well-being and mental health of children and adults. Providing mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) to those exposed to emergencies is a key component of many humanitarian aid responses.
Objectives: To…
Poster What are the characteristics of clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of depression?
2017 Cape Town [Global Evidence Summit]
Santos, Molino, Gabriel, Vieiro, Ribeiro, Romano-Lieber, Melo
Background: Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are essential tools to guide health professionals to deliver evidence-based interventions.
Objectives: To describe the characteristics of CPGs that recommend pharmacological treatment for depression.
Methods: We conducted a systematic review of…
Special Session What can evidence-based education and healthcare learn from each other?
2017 Cape Town [Global Evidence Summit]
Oxman, Oliver, Sharples, Boruch
This session will cut across the four themes of the conference:
Evidence production: Abstracts concerning primary research production.Evidence synthesis: Abstracts concerning different forms of research synthesis: overviews, scoping reviews, systematic reviews, etc. Evidence tools: Abstracts…
Poster What is the effect of phasing out long-chain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances on the concentrations of perfluoroalkyl acids and their precursors in the environment?
2017 Cape Town [Global Evidence Summit]
Land, de Wit, Cousins, Herzke, Johansson, Martin, Bignert
Background: There is a concern that continued emissions of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) may cause environmental and human health effects. PFASs are a broad class of man-made substances that have been produced and used in commercial products and industrial processes for more than 60…
Poster What is the evidence for collaborative approaches between service users and community mental health nurses to identify and support survivors of Domestic Violence and Abuse (DVA) using a rapid review approach?
2017 Cape Town [Global Evidence Summit]
Hinsliff-Smith
Background: DVA is known to have a causal affect to a range of mental health conditions including self-harm (Boyle et al., 2006), eating disorders (Bundock et al., 2013) and psychosis (Howard et al., 2010). Recent work undertaken by Oram, et al., (2013) reports prevalence rates of lifetime intimate…
Poster What is the methodological quality and transparency of depression clinical practice guidelines?
2017 Cape Town [Global Evidence Summit]
Gabriel, Molino, Santos, Silva, Ribeiro, Romano-Lieber, Melo
Background: According to the World Health Organization, depression affects more than 300 million people worldwide. Moreover, depression is considered a global burden since it is the leading cause of disability.
Objectives: To assess the methodological rigour and transparency of clinical practice…
Poster What is the role of scientific evidence in decisions to adopt complex innovations? A multiple case study in cancer care
2017 Cape Town [Global Evidence Summit]
Urquhart, Kendell, Geldenhuys, Ross, Rajaraman, Sullivan, Rayson, Porter
Background: The delivery and outcomes of care can be improved by using innovations (i.e., new knowledge, technologies and practices) supported by scientific evidence. Yet, moving evidence into routine care is not simple. This means many patients do not receive the best care possible.
Objectives…
Workshop What to edit and when in Cochrane reviews. Where to start and when to stop!
2017 Cape Town [Global Evidence Summit]
Dooley, Stovold, Littlewood, Royle, Dearness, Dooley
Objectives: Participants will gain a better understanding of how to apply editorial checks, relevant to their role, in the production of protocols and reviews.
Description: Through a series of presentations, discussions and hands-on exercises, participants will be walked through the process of…
Poster What we’re learning about evidence-informed policymaking: Researchers’ perspectives on advocating for evidence in Africa
2017 Cape Town [Global Evidence Summit]
Naude, Young
Background: Evidence-informed policy making (EIPM) is about incorporating research evidence along with other important information in decision making. This requires the research evidence to be summarised, optimally packaged and available at the right time. Over the past five years we have…
Poster What's unique about conducting research with adolescents in low- and middle-income countries: Introducing a new methodological series
2017 Cape Town [Global Evidence Summit]
Balvin
Background: The world is witnessing the largest cohort of adolescents in history, yet significant gaps in knowledge about how to maximise the opportunities for this population remain. Some of these gaps are tied to methodological shortcoming on how to collect and analyse data on adolescents,…