A Structured Approach to Involve Stakeholders in Prioritising Topics for Systematic Reviews in Public Health.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to develop and apply a structured approach for prioritising topics for systematic reviews in public health, framed according to the readily applicable PICO format, which encourages the involvement of stakeholders' preferences in a transparent matter. We developed a multi-stage process, consisting of a scoping and two Delphi stages with web-based surveys and invited public health stakeholders in Switzerland to participate: First, respondents specified topics for different public health domains, which were reformulated in a PICO format by content analysis. Second, respondents rated the topics using five stakeholder-refined assessment criteria. Overall rankings were calculated to assess differences between stakeholder groups and rating criteria. In total, 215 respondents sugg

SUBMITTER: Hoekstra D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11371559 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature