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Poster The health literature in Syria and on Syrian refugees before and after armed conflict: a scoping review
2019 Santiago
Abdul-Khalek, Kayyal, Akkawi, El-Harakeh , Rahme, Kashlan, Ghaddar, Arif, Bou Karroum, Elzalabany, Almalla, Mobayed, Saifi, Fadlallah, Kassas, Jabbour, Khater, El-Jardali, Akl, Jawad
Background: academic publications about health help generate evidence for guidelines, policies, and knowledge in general, but their frequency and focus may be affected by factors such as armed conflict. The Syrian war displaced massive numbers of refugees worldwide, and spurred research interest…
Poster The information overload: how physicians search for information to manage information needs of their patients
2019 Santiago
Mhaskar, Kane, Barraco
Background: the amount of medical information available to the general public has increased tremendously since the invention of the internet. Patients have now become active participants in their treatment process. However, it is not comprehensively known how doctors cope with patients’ information…
Oral The landscape of clinical trial activity focusing on indigenous health in Australia from 2008 to 2018
2019 Santiago
Hunter, Xu, Modi, Askie, Jamieson, Brown, Seidler
Background: there are major disparities in health outcomes between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. To address this, it is vital to understand key health priorities and knowledge gaps in the current landscape of trial activity in indigenous Australians.
Objectives: to provide an…
Oral The opinions of guideline developers towards automation in health research: a thematic analysis using Rogers’ Diffusion of Innovation
2019 Santiago
Arno, Thomas, Elliott, Wallace
Background: there is evolving discussion about the use of advanced technology to aid the completion of systematic reviews, including the use of machine learning and crowd-sourcing. One of the key aims of producing high-quality health evidence is to use it to develop guidelines. Therefore, guideline…
Oral The perspective of patients living with type 2 diabetes mellitus on self-management interventions: a mixed-method overview for the COMPAR-EU project
2019 Santiago
Pérez-Bracchiglione, Niño de Guzmán, Rocha, Salas Gama, Viteri García, Alonso-Coello, Martínez García
Background: self-management interventions (SMI) are complex interventions, considered critical for a high-quality care for people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The incorporation of the perspective of patients and caregivers is essential for a successful implementation of SMIs.
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Oral The perspective of people living with chronic heart failure on self-management interventions: a mixed-method overview for the COMPAR-EU project
2019 Santiago
Niño de Guzmán, Pérez-Bracchiglione, Salas-Gama, Viteri-García, Alonso-Coello, Martinez-García
Background: self-management interventions (SMIs) are complex interventions considered critical to achieve high-quality care for patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). Incorporating the perspective of people with CHF and their caregivers is essential for a successful implementation of SMIs.…
Oral The perspective of people living with obesity on self-management interventions: a mixed-method overview for the COMPAR-EU project
2019 Santiago
Salas Gama, Viteri-García, Martínez García, Montesinos-Guevara, Pérez-Bracchiglione, Alonso-Coello, Niño de Guzman
Background: self-management interventions (SMIs) are complex interventions that are critical to achieving high-quality care for people living with chronic conditions, like obesity. The perspectives of people living with obesity are essential for the successful implementation of SMIs.
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Poster The prioritization of cost-effectiveness evidence for Clinical Practice Guidelines in Chile
2019 Santiago
Poblete, De la Puente, Hurtado, Rubilar, Vera, Araya, Kuhn
Background: the Chilean process for the elaboration of Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) uses the GRADE approach in order to develop evidence-based recommendations. One dimension of this system is the evidence of cost effectiveness. However, it is not always necessary to generate this type of…
Poster The propagation of best evidence: 23 years of Cochrane Brazil workshops
2019 Santiago
Ramalho, Flumignan, Pinto, Atallah, Saconato, Rocha, Gomes, Civile, Camara, Franco, Teixeira, Trevisani
Background: in 1979, Sir Archie Cochrane wrote: "One criticism of our profession is that we do not have clinical summaries that appear and sit in a periodic fashion organized by specialties and subspecialties of all clinical trials that exist at the moment." This idea was fundamental for…
Poster The reliability and relative advantages of semi-automated approaches to title and abstract screening: making the case for machine learning
2019 Santiago
Gates, Gates, Sebastianski, Guitard, Elliott, Hartling
Background: machine learning can expedite evidence synthesis by semi-automating title and abstract screening. Evidence of the relative advantages and reliability of semi-automated screening approaches is needed to inform guidance on their integration into modern review processes.
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Oral The reliability, usability, and applicability of tools to appraise quality and risk of bias in systematic reviews: a prospective evaluation of AMSTAR, AMSTAR 2 and ROBIS
2019 Santiago
Gates, Gates, Duarte, Cary, Becker, Prediger, Vandermeer, Fernandes, Pieper, Hartling
Background: readers of systematic reviews (SRs) and overview authors require valid, reliable, and practical means to evaluate the methodological quality and risk of bias of SRs. Evidence of the comparative reliability, usability, and applicability of common tools will inform how each should be used…
Poster The reporting quality of interventional animal experiments in Chinese journals based on the evaluated results of the Animals in Research: Reporting In Vivo Experiments (ARRIVE) guidelines
2019 Santiago
Zhang, Zhang, Hu, Zhang, Kwong, Ma
Objectives: to evaluate retrospectively the reporting quality of animal experiments published in Chinese journals adhering to the Animals in Research: Reporting In Vivo Experiments (ARRIVE) guidelines.
Methods: we searched databases including CNKI, WanFang, VIP and CBM to July, 2018. Four well-…
Oral The systematic use of evidence-based methodologies and technologies enhances shared decision making in an international guideline project
2019 Santiago
Van Remoortel, De Buck, Mueller, Meybohm, Aranko, Seifried, Vandekerckhove
Background: Patient Blood Management (PBM) aims to optimise the care of patients who might need a blood transfusion. An international consortium of European, American, Canadian and Australian organizations organized a two-day International Consensus Conference (ICC-PBM) to develop recommendations…
Oral The use of language methodology for disseminating Cochrane Evidence through Cochrane Corners: Cochrane Rehabilitation experience.
2019 Santiago
Arienti, Lazzarini, Negrini, Oral
Background. health literacy has been recognized for a long time as an important factor both for understanding health information and prediction of health status. There are many efforts to translate health information in different languages, but systematic reviews of health interventions are a…
Oral The use of qualitative methods to assess impact of the knowledge broker mentoring program
2019 Santiago
Dobbins, Husson, Steinberg
Background: while capacity for evidence-informed decision making (EIDM) has improved in recent years, gaps still remain. The National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools (NCCMT) developed and implemented the knowledge broker mentoring program to support capacity development in EIDM among…
Oral The use of systematic reviews to optimize blood donor selection: the example of dental care
2019 Santiago
Borra, Dockx, Compernolle, Vandekerckhove, De Buck
Background: donor eligibility criteria are often determined at legal level and mostly based on the precautionary principle. The Belgian Red Cross Blood Service aims to support its blood donor eligibility criteria with solid evidence from systematic reviews (SRs), to guarantee the safety of both…
Poster Time interval for first publication and updates of systematic reviews under Cochrane Multiple Sclerosis and Rare Diseases of the CNS Group
2019 Santiago
Roizenblatt, Latorraca, Pacheco, Riera
Background: approximately a quarter of all Cochrane Reviews (CRs) remain unpublished after eight years [1]. The editorial process of many Cochrane review groups has often been time-consuming and discouraging for both newcomers and senior authors: the overall median time from title registration to…
Poster Time interval for updating Cochrane systematic reviews about neglected tropical diseases
2019 Santiago
Dittrich Hosni, Roizenblatt, Lee, Pacheco, Latorraca, Riera
Background: neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are communicable diseases that prevail in 149 tropical and subtropical countries (1). According to the World Health Organization (WHO), NTDs affect more than one billion people and cost billions of dollars to developing economies every year (2).…
Oral To what extent do Cochrane authors in sub-Saharan Africa conduct and publish non-Cochrane Reviews?
2019 Santiago
Schoonees, Oliver, Effa, Arikpo, Durao, Hohlfeld, Kredo, Wiysonge, Young, Mbuagbaw
Background: Cochrane Africa (africa.cochrane.org/) aims to increase Cochrane Reviews addressing high-priority questions on the African continent. We observed that often researchers residing in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), despite often drawing on Cochrane methodology, conduct and publish systematic…
Poster Tools to assess trustworthiness of evidence-based, point-of-care resources for healthcare professionals: a systematic review
2019 Santiago
Bekkering, Lenaerts, Goossens, De Coninck, Delvaux, Cordyn, Adriaenssens, Vankrunkelsven
Background: user-friendly information at the point of care (POC) should be well structured, rapidly accessible and comprehensive. There is no standard tool to evaluate the trustworthiness of such POC information resources.
Objectives: we aim to describe and analyze the available tools to assess…