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Commentary: collaborative systematic review may produce and share high-quality, comparative evidence more efficiently

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Abstract

Systematic reviews are necessary to synthesize available evidence and inform clinical practice and health policy decisions. There has been an explosion of evidence available in many fields; this makes it challenging to keep evidence syntheses up to date and useful. Comparative effectiveness systematic reviews are informative; however, producing these often-large reviews bring intense time and resource demands. This commentary describes the implementation of a systematic review using a collaborative model of evidence synthesis. We are implementing the collaborative review model to update a large Cochrane review investigating the efficacy and comparative effectiveness of the design, delivery, and type of exercise treatment for people with chronic low-back pain. Three key benefits of the collaborative review model for evidence synthesis are (1) team coordination and collaboration, (2) quality control measures, and (3) advanced comparative and other analyses. This new collaborative review model is developed and implemented to produce and share high-quality, comparative evidence more efficiently while building capacity and community within a research field.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)288-294
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of clinical epidemiology
Volume152
Early online date28 Sept 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2022

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Funding: The Canadian Institutes of Health Research provided funding for this project (Project Grant Competition, PJT-173478 ). MLF holds a National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Investigator Fellowship.

Funding Information:
Funding: The Canadian Institutes of Health Research provided funding for this project (Project Grant Competition, PJT-173478). MLF holds a National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Investigator Fellowship.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier Inc.

Funding

Funding: The Canadian Institutes of Health Research provided funding for this project (Project Grant Competition, PJT-173478). MLF holds a National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Investigator Fellowship.

FundersFunder number
Canadian Institutes of Health ResearchPJT-173478
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
National Health and Medical Research Council

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    This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

    1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
      SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

    Keywords

    • Clinical trials
    • Cochrane review
    • Collaborative review model
    • Evidence synthesis
    • Network meta-analysis
    • Systematic review

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