Assessment of a method to detect signals for updating systematic reviews.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Systematic reviews are a cornerstone of evidence-based medicine but are useful only if up-to-date. Methods for detecting signals of when a systematic review needs updating have face validity, but no proposed method has had an assessment of predictive validity performed.

Methods

The AHRQ Comparative Effectiveness Review program had produced 13 comparative effectiveness reviews (CERs), a subcategory of systematic reviews, by 2009, 11 of which were assessed in 2009 using a surveillance system to determine the degree to which individual conclusions were out of date and to assign a priority for updating each report. Four CERs were judged to be a high priority for updating, four CERs were judged to be medium priority for updating, and three CERs were judged to be low pr

SUBMITTER: Shekelle PG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3937021 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature