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Pieper, Dawid; Hoffmann, Falk – Research Synthesis Methods, 2022
Cochrane reviews are known to be a high-quality source of evidence synthesis supporting health care decisions. In a recently conducted study, we analyzed the trends in epidemiology and reporting of published systematic reviews over the last 20 years. This sample of 1132 systematic reviews included 84 Cochrane reviews. We have learned several…
Descriptors: Evidence, Health Services, Decision Making, Medical Research
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Bengough, Theresa; Sommer, Isolde; Hannes, Karin – Research Synthesis Methods, 2023
Contextual factors such as cultural values and traditions impact on implementation processes of healthcare interventions. It is one of the reasons why local stakeholders may decide to role out a programme differently from how it has originally been developed or described in scientific literature. This can result in different but most likely more…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Evaluation Methods, Cultural Influences, Intervention
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Abrams, Ruth; Park, Sophie; Wong, Geoff; Rastogi, Juhi; Boylan, Anne-Marie; Tierney, Stephanie; Petrova, Mila; Dawson, Shoba; Roberts, Nia – Research Synthesis Methods, 2021
The involvement of non-researcher contributors (eg, stakeholders, patients and the public, decision and policy makers, experts, lay contributors) has taken a variety of forms within evidence syntheses. Realist reviews are a form of evidence synthesis that involves non-researcher contributors yet this practice has received little attention. In…
Descriptors: Medical Research, Evidence, Patients, Public Opinion
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Isojarvi, Jaana; Wood, Hannah; Lefebvre, Carol; Glanville, Julie – Research Synthesis Methods, 2018
Clinical trial data are essential for assessments of the effectiveness of health care interventions. Information about ongoing or completed, but not yet formally published, trials has been more difficult to identify until the development of clinical trials registers and portals. This paper summarises research evidence on identifying sources of…
Descriptors: Medical Research, Outcomes of Treatment, Intervention, Health Services
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Alsop, Graham; Tompsett, Chris – Educational Technology & Society, 2007
For many researchers and developers in information and communication technology in education (ICTE), the transfer of knowledge from research into educational practice is slow and limited. For most researchers concerned with changing practice, the failure to make a significant impact is attributed to those who practice in education, whilst those in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reliability, Evidence, Instructional Effectiveness