Characteristics of stakeholder involvement in systematic and rapid reviews: a methodological review in the area of health services research.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Engaging stakeholders in reviews is considered to generate more relevant evidence and to facilitate dissemination and use. As little is known about stakeholder involvement, we assessed the characteristics of their engagement in systematic and rapid reviews and the methodological quality of included studies. Stakeholders were people with a particular interest in the research topic.

Design

Methodological review.

Search strategy

Four databases (Medline, Embase, Cochrane database of systematic reviews, databases of the University of York, Center for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD)) were searched based on an a priori protocol. Four types of reviews (Cochrane and non-Cochrane systematic reviews, rapid and CRD rapid reviews) were retrieved between January 2011 and

SUBMITTER: Feldmann J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6701675 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature