Modular literature review: a novel systematic search and review method to support priority setting in health policy and practice.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is an unmet need for review methods to support priority-setting, policy-making and strategic planning when a wide variety of interventions from differing disciplines may have the potential to impact a health outcome of interest. This article describes a Modular Literature Review, a novel systematic search and review method that employs systematic search strategies together with a hierarchy-based appraisal and synthesis of the resulting evidence.

Methods

We designed the Modular Review to examine the effects of 43 interventions on a health problem of global significance. Using the PICOS (Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome, Study design) framework, we developed a single four-module search template in which population, comparison and outcome modules w

SUBMITTER: Koivu AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8627616 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature