Method Archives - Page 5 of 9 - Knowledge Translation Program

World Health Organization technical assistance centre – Embedding rapid reviews in health systems decision-making

in Health services and policy research, Rapid Review

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

Artificial intelligence decision support tool to assess the quality of systematic reviews on the same topic: WISEST

in Health services and policy research, Systematic review

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

Infection prevention and control measures for Ebola and Marburg virus disease: A series of rapid reviews

in Infection and immunity, Rapid Review

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…

Sustaining knowledge translation interventions for chronic disease management in older adults: A systematic review and network meta-analysis

in Aging, Health services and policy research, Systematic review with network meta-analysis

Summary This is a systematic review and network meta analysis of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of sustainability of knowledge translation (KT) interventions that target chronic disease management (CDM) for end-users, including older patients, beyond 1 year after implementation. This also entailed an economic analysis of the interventions identified to be effective. Project Resources Funded By Principal…

Systematic Prospective Assessment of Rapid Knowledge Synthesis (SPARKS)

in Health services and policy research, Rapid Review, Systematic review

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…

Interventions for social isolation in older adults who have experienced a fall or are at risk of falling: A systematic review

in Aging, 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,…

Development of a risk of bias tool

in Health services and policy research, Systematic review, Systematic review with network meta-analysis

Summary The objective of this project was to conduct (a) a Delphi process to determine expert opinion on an item’s inclusion and (b) a knowledge user survey to widen its impact. Most knowledge users and Delphi panelists preferred a tool to assess both bias in individual network meta-analysis (NMA) results and authors’ conclusions. This Delphi…

Right Review tool update

in Health services and policy research, Qualitative knowledge synthesis

Summary This project aims to update KT Program’s Right Review tool to include information about qualitative and mixed methods. The Right Review tool is an open-access KT Program tool to support evidence synthesis methods decisions. Project Resources Funded By Principal Investigator Co-Investigators Collaborators KTP Project Staff

The effects of recreational cannabis use in people with diabetes: A rapid review

in Nutrition, metabolism, diabetes, Rapid Review

Summary This project aims to synthesize available evidence on the effects of recreational cannabis use on metabolic factors and self-management behaviours in people aged 13 years and older who have diabetes. Project Resources Funded By Principal Investigators KTP Project Staff

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