Category: Method
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Healthy aging in older adults – Priority setting
Summary The Healthy Aging in Older Adults Priority Setting Project is a research study to identify health topics that are important to older adults. The goal of this study is to develop and prioritize a list of research questions that aim to improve health and support healthy aging research for older adults. We will develop…
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Implementation of the Comparison of Outcomes and Access to Care for Heart Failure (COACH) trial
Summary The KT Program supported implementation of the COACH intervention, which included a point-of-care risk assessment tool and a rapid ambulatory transitional heart failure clinic, across ten acute care hospitals in Ontario. We identified barriers and facilitators to implementation of the COACH intervention and used theoretical mapping to recommend strategies to sites to leverage facilitators…
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World Health Organization technical assistance centre – Embedding rapid reviews in health systems decision-making
Summary The KT Program provided capacity-building and training to 58 researchers and policy-makers from low- and middle-income countries. Project Resources Funded By Principal Investigators Co-Investigator KTP Project Staff
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Artificial intelligence decision support tool to assess the quality of systematic reviews on the same topic: WISEST
Summary WISEST is an AI tool to help knowledge users choose among reviews on the same topic that overlap in PICO elements. WISEST also assesses and expedites the quality of the systematic review methods, findings and conclusions. Funded By Principal Investigators Co-Principal Investigators Co-Investigators Collaborators KTP Project Staff
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Infection prevention and control measures for Ebola and Marburg virus disease: A series of rapid reviews
Summary Should heavily soiled linen resulting from care to patients with Ebola or Marburg in healthcare, Ebola treatment units or community settings be incinerated versus disinfected? Infection prevention and control measures for Ebola and Marburg Virus disease: A series of rapid reviews. KQ12 Disinfection vs. incineration of linens. Project Resources Funded By Principal Investigators KTP…
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Systematic Prospective Assessment of Rapid Knowledge Synthesis (SPARKS)
Summary This study compares the quality, efficiency, and decisions made between rapid reviews and systematic reviews on the same topic. Funded By Principal Investigator Co-Principal Investigators Co-Investigators Knowledge Users Collaborators KTP Project Staff *Patient Partner: These individuals could be patients (an individual with a health condition), family members of a patient (e.g. parent, spouse, adult…
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Interventions for social isolation in older adults who have experienced a fall or are at risk of falling: A systematic review
Summary This study aims to identify effective interventions to prevent or mitigate social isolation and/or loneliness in older adults who experienced a fall. Project Resources Funded By Principal Investigator Co-Investigators Collaborators KTP Project Staff *Patient Partner: These individuals could be patients (an individual with a health condition), family members of a patient (e.g. parent, spouse,…