Barriers and facilitators to uptake of systematic reviews by policy makers and health care managers: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We completed a scoping review on the barriers and facilitators to use of systematic reviews by health care managers and policy makers, including consideration of format and content, to develop recommendations for systematic review authors and to inform research efforts to develop and test formats for systematic reviews that may optimise their uptake.

Methods

We used the Arksey and O'Malley approach for our scoping review. Electronic databases (e.g., MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycInfo) were searched from inception until September 2014. Any study that identified barriers or facilitators (including format and content features) to uptake of systematic reviews by health care managers and policy makers/analysts was eligible for inclusion. Two reviewers independently screened the

SUBMITTER: Tricco AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4709874 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature