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Poster Facilitating optimized decision-making using a knowledge user driven synthesis approach in a scoping review of social frailty interventions

2023 London
Amog, Herrington, Makarski, Kastner
Background: Knowledge syntheses are foundational to knowledge translation, but their results are not always represented or intentionally synthesized for optimized knowledge uptake or to support healthcare decision-making. As such, we conducted a scoping review to identify social frailty…

Oral Finding best available evidence in a time of crisis

2023 London
Mann, Byrne, Harrop, Selman
Background: Systematic reviews represent a robust methodology to synthesize research evidence. However, they can be time- and resource-intensive. During the COVID-19 pandemic, rapid reviews have been important to produce evidence to inform policy and clinical practice in a timely manner. However,…

Workshop Finding, critically appraising, and using a core outcome set (COS) to inform your systematic review

2023 London
Williamson, Barrington, Saldanha, Smith, Gorst
Background: A core outcome set (COS) is an agreed standardised set of outcomes that should be measured and reported, as a minimum, in all clinical trials in a specific health condition. This would allow research to be compared and combined, ensuring all studies contribute usable information for the…

Workshop First do no harm: how can systematic reviewers do justice to harms? Deciding which harms to search for and how

2023 London
Golder, Vohra, Kwong
Background: Any intervention that can have an effect has the potential to have an adverse effect. All systematic reviews of interventions should at least consider the harms of that intervention. Harms are important to patients, impacting on morbidity and mortality. There are many differences (as…

Oral Forward Together: An Evidence-Based Practice Partnership

2023 London
Christian, Palokas
Background The University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Nursing Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Program initiated an innovative partnership with Children’s of Mississippi (COM) hospital to teach DNP students and COM nurses (COMNs) how to translate evidence into practice. The project…

Workshop Forward together: new ways to participate in Cochrane

2023 London
Shackleton, Deppe, Noel-Storr, Morley
Background: Cochrane has developed many new ways to get involved, which go beyond authoring reviews. These include Cochrane Crowd, Cochrane Engage, translations, and consumer engagement. These initiatives are part of Cochrane’s Membership Project that seeks to broaden our community by giving a…

Poster Fostering the evidence-based methodology in clinical practice guidelines development in the Czech healthcare system

2023 London
Vrbová, Klugarová, Klugar
Background: In the Czech Republic, access to the public healthcare system is ensured, so healthcare can be provided to anyone in the country. Heterogeneity of provided care in various settings and areas of healthcare were identified. Guidelines following the evidence-based healthcare (EBHC)…

Oral Frequency of use and reporting adequacy of Cochrane RoB 2 tool in non-Cochrane systematic reviews published in 2020: meta-research study

2023 London
Babic, Barcot, Viskovic, Saric, Kirkovski, Barun, Krizanac, Ananda, Fuentes Barreiro, Malih, Dimcea, Ordulj, Weerasekara, Spezia, Zuljevic, Suto, Tancredi, Pijuk, Sammali, Iascone, von Groote, Poklepovic Pericic, Puljak
Background: Risk of bias (RoB) assessment is an integral part of the systematic review methodology. New version of the Cochrane RoB tool for randomized trials (RoB 2) was published in 2019. It has been reported that the Cochrane RoB tool from 2011 was used inadequately in Cochrane and non-Cochrane…

Oral From Agenda to Action: Collaborative Evidence Networks and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

2023 London
Jordan, Pilla
Background: The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals were adopted in 2015 to replace the Millennium Development Goals. As we approach the midway point towards the 2030 target date, it is timely to reflect on the contribution of those in the evidence synthesis community to achieving these…

Oral From Evidence to Action: Implementing Cochrane Systematic Reviews Into Clinical Practice

2023 London
Koster, Henry, Mohan, Whittaker
Background: One of the tenets of Cochrane’s knowledge translation strategy is to encourage policy makers and healthcare managers to integrate Cochrane evidence into clinical practice. Cochrane reviews are among the most valuable, high-quality sources of evidence for improving quality and care…

Workshop GRADE target of certainty rating and implications for judgements regarding imprecision

2023 London
Zeng, Guyatt
Objectives: This workshop will introduce participants to the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluations (GRADE) guidance on choosing targets of certainty of evidence and its implication on rating imprecision of evidence. Description: We will give a presentation to start…

Oral Global Evidence, Local Adaptation: Integrated Knowledge Translation strategies to enhance evidence-informed newborn and child health guidelines in three African countries

2023 London
Mabetha, Kunje, Arikpo, Chibuzor, Lakudzala, Aquaisua, Mbeye, Effa, Kredo, Schmidt
Background: The Global Evidence, Local Adaptation (GELA) project aims to maximise the impact of research on poverty-related diseases by increasing researchers’ and decision-makers’ capacity to use global research to develop locally relevant guidelines for newborn and child health in Malawi,…

Oral Global evidence, local adaptation (GELA): Enhancing evidence-informed guideline recommendations for newborn and young child health in three countries in sub-Saharan Africa

2023 London
Mbeye, Effa, Young, Olav Vandvik, Glenton, Thomson, Lewin, Kredo
Background: Despite progress in the health of newborns and children, most countries in sub-Saharan Africa have not met the Sustainable Development Goals for under-five mortality. Consequences of COVID-19 are being felt on health systems and services, further hampering healthcare delivery to…

Poster Grading of recommendations in intensive care unit guidelines: A scoping review of existing methodological approaches

2023 London
Ansems, Dormann, Dahms, Steinfeld, Szafran, Breuer, Benstoem
Background: There has been an explosion of ICU guidelines for clinicians to consider in the last decade. Often, several guidelines on one and the same clinical topic, however, appear to come to different conclusions regarding the underlying level of evidence and strength of recommendations.…

Workshop Health Equity: Implications for Systematic Reviews

2023 London
Welch, Magwood, Tomlinson, Spiga
Background: This is a core training session from a Cochrane Methods Group. The Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions includes a chapter on equity and specific populations. A Cochrane Interactive Learning module has been developed to accompany this chapter. This workshop aims…

Oral Health and Care Research Wales Evidence Centre: Mapping policy evidence-needs to support evidence-based decision-making

2023 London
Cooper, Joseph-Williams, Meredith, Roberts, Smith, Lewis, Gal, Williams, Doe, Edwards
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted a need for timely, high-quality evidence outputs to inform health and social care decision-making. At the Wales COVID-19 Evidence Centre (2021-2023) we developed an inclusive approach to include stakeholder involvement, including public contributors,…

Poster Helping the cause of trusted evidence: the work of Cochrane Germany, Austria and Switzerland

2023 London
Rüschemeyer, Nußbaumer-Streit, von Elm, Braun
Background: Within the past 30 years, Geographic Groups have played an important role as national and regional subsidiaries of the global network Cochrane. In their respective countries, the Geographic Groups pursue the goals of Cochrane, e.g., by disseminating Cochrane evidence, advocating for its…

Oral Highlights and challenges of co-creating evidence-based knowledge translation tools for parents about the COVID-19 pandemic

2023 London
Scott, Elliott, Reid, Knisley, Hartling
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic presented an unprecedented need for trusted evidence. We have an established program to co-create knowledge translation (KT) tools for parents and families that merge the best available research evidence with parent experiences to support decision-making for their…

Oral How can a framework for prospective, adaptive meta-analysis (FAME) improve the quality of Cochrane reviews?

2023 London
Tierney, Burdett, Vale
Background: Most systematic reviews are planned after all or most eligible trials have completed and are based on aggregate data extracted from publications. Prior knowledge of trial results may introduce bias, and reliance on published data can limit the range of possible analyses and lead to…

Poster How can patient involvement promote systematic review development? Results of patient interview nested in a network meta-analysis

2023 London
Ammous, Wollsching-Strobel , Zimmermann, Mathes
Background: Engaging patients in the systematic review (SR) development may provide valuable input and make it more trustworthy and relevant for practice. Objectives: To point out the importance of considering the perspectives of patients in SR development, which are sometimes different from…