Systematic mapping of checklists for assessing transferability.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Systematic reviews of research evidence have become an expected basis for decisions about practice guidelines and policy decisions in the health and welfare sectors. Review authors define inclusion criteria to help them determine which studies to search for and include in their reviews. However, these studies may still vary in the extent to which they reflect the context of interest in the review question. While most review authors would agree that systematic reviews should be relevant and useful for decision makers, there appears to be few well known, if any, established methods for supporting review authors to assess the transferability of review findings to the context of interest in the review. With this systematic mapping and content analysis, we aim to identify whe

SUBMITTER: Munthe-Kaas H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6330740 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature