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View article: Corrigendum to GRADE guidance 39: using GRADE-ADOLOPMENT to adopt, adapt or create contextualized recommendations from source guidelines and evidence syntheses [Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 81 (2024) 111494]
Corrigendum to GRADE guidance 39: using GRADE-ADOLOPMENT to adopt, adapt or create contextualized recommendations from source guidelines and evidence syntheses [Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 81 (2024) 111494] Open
View article: An international guideline training and certification programme
An international guideline training and certification programme Open
View article: Advancing health equity in the guideline enterprise
Advancing health equity in the guideline enterprise Open
Highlights Addressing equity meaningfully helps reduce disease burden and improve health outcomes for all, including populations experiencing inequities, as highlighted in the commentaries by Persaud, Dewidar and colleagues. Guiding princi…
View article: Enhancing health equity considerations in guidelines: health equity extension of the GIN-McMaster Guideline Development Checklist
Enhancing health equity considerations in guidelines: health equity extension of the GIN-McMaster Guideline Development Checklist Open
This project was partially funded by Public Health Agency of Canada. The funder was not involved in the conceptualization or design or the conduct of the project.
View article: Seven Principles for Integrating Health Equity Considerations in the Practice Guideline Enterprise
Seven Principles for Integrating Health Equity Considerations in the Practice Guideline Enterprise Open
View article: GRADE guidance 39: using GRADE-ADOLOPMENT to adopt, adapt or create contextualized recommendations from source guidelines and evidence syntheses
GRADE guidance 39: using GRADE-ADOLOPMENT to adopt, adapt or create contextualized recommendations from source guidelines and evidence syntheses Open
View article: Equity in evidence synthesis: You can't play on broken strings
Equity in evidence synthesis: You can't play on broken strings Open
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View article: A multimethods randomized trial found that plain language versions improved adults understanding of health recommendations
A multimethods randomized trial found that plain language versions improved adults understanding of health recommendations Open
Health information provided in a PLR format improved understanding, accessibility, usability, and satisfaction and thereby has the potential to shape public decision-making behavior.
View article: Antibiotic prescribing guideline recommendations in COVID-19: a systematic survey
Antibiotic prescribing guideline recommendations in COVID-19: a systematic survey Open
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Table of Contents Open
View article: Plain Language vs Standard Format for Youth Understanding of COVID-19 Recommendations
Plain Language vs Standard Format for Youth Understanding of COVID-19 Recommendations Open
Importance To ensure that youths can make informed decisions about their health, it is important that health recommendations be presented for understanding by youths. Objective To compare understanding, accessibility, usability, satisfacti…
View article: The equity group: Supporting Cochrane's social responsibility of improving health equity
The equity group: Supporting Cochrane's social responsibility of improving health equity Open
Introduction Health equity is a moral and ethical imperative for clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and all who use health research. Both Cochrane and the Campbell Collaboration have focused on health equity for many years. Methods The…
View article: Knowledge mobilization activities to support decision-making by youth, parents, and adults using a systematic and living map of evidence and recommendations on COVID-19: protocol for three randomized controlled trials and qualitative user-experience studies
Knowledge mobilization activities to support decision-making by youth, parents, and adults using a systematic and living map of evidence and recommendations on COVID-19: protocol for three randomized controlled trials and qualitative user-experience studies Open
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic underlined that guidelines and recommendations must be made more accessible and more understandable to the general public to improve health outcomes. The objective of this study is to evaluate, quantify, …
View article: Inspiratory muscle training, with or without concomitant pulmonary rehabilitation, for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Inspiratory muscle training, with or without concomitant pulmonary rehabilitation, for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Open
IMT may not improve dyspnea, functional exercise capacity and life quality when associated with PR. However, IMT is likely to improve these outcomes when provided alone. For both interventions, a larger effect in participants with respirat…
View article: Comparing the usability of the World Health Organization’s conventional tuberculosis guidelines to the eTB recommendations map: A two-arm superiority randomised controlled trial
Comparing the usability of the World Health Organization’s conventional tuberculosis guidelines to the eTB recommendations map: A two-arm superiority randomised controlled trial Open
Best practices for the dissemination of global health guidelines has not undergone rigorous research. We used a new approach to digitizing World Health Organization (WHO) global tuberculosis guideline recommendations (eTB RecMap) and compa…
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View article: Knowledge mobilization activities to support decision-making by youth, parents, and adults using a systematic and living map of evidence and recommendations on COVID-19: protocol for three randomized controlled trials and qualitative user-experience studies
Knowledge mobilization activities to support decision-making by youth, parents, and adults using a systematic and living map of evidence and recommendations on COVID-19: protocol for three randomized controlled trials and qualitative user-experience studies Open
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic underlined that guidelines and recommendations must be made more accessible and more understandable to the general public, including adults, parents, and youth, to improve health outcomes. The objective o…
View article: Approaches to prioritising primary health research: a scoping review
Approaches to prioritising primary health research: a scoping review Open
Objective To systematically identify and describe approaches to prioritise primary research topics in any health-related area. Methods We searched Medline and CINAHL databases and Google Scholar. Teams of two reviewers screened studies and…
View article: A multistakeholder development process to prioritize and translate COVID-19 health recommendations for patients, caregivers and the public. A case study of the COVID-19 recommendation map
A multistakeholder development process to prioritize and translate COVID-19 health recommendations for patients, caregivers and the public. A case study of the COVID-19 recommendation map Open
This paper presents a novel approach to engaging stakeholders in improving the communication and understanding of published guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic.
View article: Which actionable statements qualify as good practice statements In Covid-19 guidelines? A systematic appraisal
Which actionable statements qualify as good practice statements In Covid-19 guidelines? A systematic appraisal Open
Objectives To evaluate the development and quality of actionable statements that qualify as good practice statements (GPS) reported in COVID-19 guidelines. Design and setting Systematic review . We searched MEDLINE, MedSci, China National …
View article: Good or best practice statements: proposal for the operationalisation and implementation of GRADE guidance
Good or best practice statements: proposal for the operationalisation and implementation of GRADE guidance Open
An evidence-based approach is considered the gold standard for health decision-making. Sometimes, a guideline panel might judge the certainty that the desirable effects of an intervention clearly outweigh its undesirable effects as high, b…
View article: An evaluation of the COVID-19 recommendation map identified diverging clinical and public health guidance
An evaluation of the COVID-19 recommendation map identified diverging clinical and public health guidance Open
View article: ROB2_IRPG_beta_v7_IMT_COP.xlsm
ROB2_IRPG_beta_v7_IMT_COP.xlsm Open
This is our risk of bias assessment using the ROB 2.0 tool for our Cochrane systematic review: inspiratory muscle training, with or without concomitant pulmonary rehabilitation, for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
View article: ROB2_IRPG_beta_v7_IMT_COP.xlsm
ROB2_IRPG_beta_v7_IMT_COP.xlsm Open
This is our risk of bias assessment using the ROB 2.0 tool for our Cochrane systematic review: inspiratory muscle training, with or without concomitant pulmonary rehabilitation, for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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Table of Contents Open
View article: COVID-19 transmission during swimming-related activities: a rapid systematic review
COVID-19 transmission during swimming-related activities: a rapid systematic review Open
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Table of Contents Open
View article: Getting trustworthy guidelines into the hands of decision-makers and supporting their consideration of contextual factors for implementation globally: recommendation mapping of COVID-19 guidelines
Getting trustworthy guidelines into the hands of decision-makers and supporting their consideration of contextual factors for implementation globally: recommendation mapping of COVID-19 guidelines Open
View article: Recommendation mapping of the World Health Organization's guidelines on tuberculosis: A new approach to digitizing and presenting recommendations
Recommendation mapping of the World Health Organization's guidelines on tuberculosis: A new approach to digitizing and presenting recommendations Open
View article: Risk-assessment models for VTE and bleeding in hospitalized medical patients: an overview of systematic reviews
Risk-assessment models for VTE and bleeding in hospitalized medical patients: an overview of systematic reviews Open
Multiple risk-assessment models (RAMs) for venous thromboembolism (VTE) in hospitalized medical patients have been developed. To inform the 2018 American Society of Hematology (ASH) guidelines on VTE, we conducted an overview of systematic…