Health system decision makers' feedback on summaries and tools supporting the use of systematic reviews: A qualitative study

Moriah E. Ellen; John N. Lavis; Michael G. Wilson; Jeremy Grimshaw; R. Brian Haynes; Mathieu Ouimet; Parminder Raina; Russell Gruen

doi:10.1332/174426514X672362

Health system decision makers' feedback on summaries and tools supporting the use of systematic reviews: A qualitative study

Moriah E. Ellen, John N. Lavis^*, Michael G. Wilson, Jeremy Grimshaw, R. Brian Haynes, Mathieu Ouimet, Parminder Raina, Russell Gruen

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Health system managers and policy makers need timely access to high quality, policy-relevant systematic reviews. Our objectives were to obtain managers' and policy makers' feedback about user-friendly summaries of systematic reviews and about tools related to supporting or assessing their use. Our interviews identified that participants prefer key messages up front, such as details regarding background, methods, and applicability, appreciate quality ratings, and prefer bullets and tables to paragraphs. There were mixed views about the relevance-assessment tool and positive views about the use-assessment tool. The findings can be used to support evidence-informed decision making among managers and policy makers.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	337-359
Number of pages	23
Journal	Evidence and Policy
Volume	10
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1332/174426514X672362
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2014
Externally published	Yes

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