The move towards living systematic reviews and living guidelines in healthcare: consideration of the possibilities and challenges for living qualitative evidence syntheses

Carmona, Chris; Baxter, Susan

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“…We generate a living and adaptive evidence map, based on a comprehensive systematic literature search. 15 An evidence map aims at mapping out, categorising and charting existing topical literature without its formal critical or quality assessment or synthesis. 16 A living approach enables the continuous monitoring, consideration and integration of newly published studies into the body of evidence throughout the duration of the FreiZeit project.…”

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Exploring experiences of times without care and encounters in dementia: protocol for a living and adaptive evidence map

Hirt,

Adlbrecht,

Maurer

et al. 2023

BMJ Open

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IntroductionIndividuals with dementia spend most of the day without care, without encounters, and usually without activity. Although this has been proven in studies, there is a knowledge gap on how individuals with dementia experience these periods of time. Such knowledge would be highly relevant for health professionals and relatives to develop adequate strategies for dealing with these periods of time. TheFreiZeitstudy aims to reconstruct periods of time without care and encounters from the perspective of individuals with dementia and formal and informal carers. The specific objective of this review is to provide a continuously updated overview of the topical evidence that may be used to guide data synthesis and interpretation within theFreiZeitstudy.Methods and analysisWe conduct a living evidence map, based on a comprehensive systematic literature search in MEDLINE/PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO/Ovid and Web of Science Core Collection, citation-based searches and web searches. We include studies on times without care and encounters of individuals with dementia from the perspective of individuals with dementia themselves and formal or informal caregivers of any observational study design that were conducted in the institutional and domestic long-term care setting and published as journal article in English, French or German language without any restriction of the publication year. One reviewer screens titles, abstracts and full texts and extracts data. Key characteristics and results of the included studies are charted in a tabular format. The searches will be run and continuously updated throughout the duration of the overarchingFreiZeitstudy (every 6 months for 2 years from 2023 to 2025).Ethics and disseminationEthics approval is not required for this evidence map. We disseminate our findings via journal articles and conference proceedings as well as other formats.Registration detailsThis review protocol is uploaded on Open Science Framework (OSF; DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/GDYZ9).

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confidence: 99%

Exploring experiences of times without care and encounters in dementia: protocol for a living and adaptive evidence map

Hirt,

Adlbrecht,

Maurer

et al. 2023

BMJ Open

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Rapid reviews methods series: guidance on rapid qualitative evidence synthesis

Booth,

Sommer,

Noyes

et al. 2024

BMJ EBM

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This paper forms part of a series of methodological guidance from the Cochrane Rapid Reviews Methods Group and addresses rapid qualitative evidence syntheses (QESs), which use modified systematic, transparent and reproducible methodsu to accelerate the synthesis of qualitative evidence when faced with resource constraints. This guidance covers the review process as it relates to synthesis of qualitative research. ‘Rapid’ or ‘resource-constrained’ QES require use of templates and targeted knowledge user involvement. Clear definition of perspectives and decisions on indirect evidence, sampling and use of existing QES help in targeting eligibility criteria. Involvement of an information specialist, especially in prioritising databases, targeting grey literature and planning supplemental searches, can prove invaluable. Use of templates and frameworks in study selection and data extraction can be accompanied by quality assurance procedures targeting areas of likely weakness. Current Cochrane guidance informs selection of tools for quality assessment and of synthesis method. Thematic and framework synthesis facilitate efficient synthesis of large numbers of studies or plentiful data. Finally, judicious use of Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation approach for assessing the Confidence of Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative research assessments and of software as appropriate help to achieve a timely and useful review product.

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The move towards living systematic reviews and living guidelines in healthcare: consideration of the possibilities and challenges for living qualitative evidence syntheses

Cited by 2 publications

References 12 publications

Exploring experiences of times without care and encounters in dementia: protocol for a living and adaptive evidence map

Exploring experiences of times without care and encounters in dementia: protocol for a living and adaptive evidence map

Rapid reviews methods series: guidance on rapid qualitative evidence synthesis

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