Comparison between the standard and a new alternative format of the Summary-of-Findings tables in Cochrane review users: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Por:
Carrasco-Labra A., Brignardello-Petersen R., Santesso N., Neumann I., Mustafa R.A., Mbuagbaw L., Ikobaltzeta I.E., De Stio C., McCullagh L.J., Alonso-Coello P., Meerpohl J.J., Vandvik P.O., Brozek J.L., Akl E.A., Bossuyt P., Churchill R., Glenton C., Rosenbaum S., Tugwell P., Welch V., Guyatt G., Schünemann H.
Publicada:
1 ene 2015
Resumen:
Background: Systematic reviews represent one of the most important tools for knowledge translation but users often struggle with understanding and interpreting their results. GRADE Summary-of-Findings tables have been developed to display results of systematic reviews in a concise and transparent manner. The current format of the Summary-of-Findings tables for presenting risks and quality of evidence improves understanding and assists users with finding key information from the systematic review. However, it has been suggested that additional methods to present risks and display results in the Summary-of-Findings tables are needed. Methods/Design: We will conduct a non-inferiority parallel-armed randomized controlled trial to determine whether an alternative format to present risks and display Summary-of-Findings tables is not inferior compared to the current standard format. We will measure participant understanding, accessibility of the information, satisfaction, and preference for both formats. We will invite systematic review users to participate (that is clinicians, guideline developers, and researchers). The data collection process will be undertaken using the online 'Survey Monkey' system. For the primary outcome understanding, non-inferiority of the alternative format (Table A) to the current standard format (Table C) of Summary-of-Findings tables will be claimed if the upper limit of a 1-sided 95% confidence interval (for the difference of proportion of participants answering correctly a given question) excluded a difference in favor of the current format of more than 10%. Discussion: This study represents an effort to provide systematic reviewers with additional options to display review results using Summary-of-Findings tables. In this way, review authors will have a variety of methods to present risks and more flexibility to choose the most appropriate table features to display (that is optional columns, risks expressions, complementary methods to display continuous outcomes, and so on). © 2015 Carrasco-Labra et al.
Filiaciones:
Carrasco-Labra A.:
McMaster University, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Faculty of Dentistry, Universidad de Chile, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Santiago, Chile
Brignardello-Petersen R.:
University of Toronto, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Toronto, ON, Canada
Faculty of Dentistry, Universidad de Chile, Evidence-Based Dentistry Unit, Santiago, Chile
Santesso N.:
McMaster University, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Neumann I.:
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Mustafa R.A.:
McMaster University, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Hamilton, ON, Canada
University of Missouri, Departments of Medicine/Nephrology and Biomedical and Health Informatics, Kansas City, MO, United States
Mbuagbaw L.:
McMaster University, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Ikobaltzeta I.E.:
Ministry for Health, Basque Government, OSTEBA, Basque Office for Health Technology Assessment, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
De Stio C.:
Hofstra North Shore LIJ School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Manhasset, NY, United States
McCullagh L.J.:
Hofstra North Shore LIJ School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Manhasset, NY, United States
Alonso-Coello P.:
McMaster University, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Iberoamerican Cochrane Center, Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau-CIBER of Epidemiology, Public Health (CIBERESP-IIB Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain
Meerpohl J.J.:
German Cochrane Center, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Vandvik P.O.:
Innlandet Hospital Trust-division, Department of Medicine, Gjøvik, Norway
Brozek J.L.:
McMaster University, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Hamilton, ON, Canada
McMaster University, Department of Medicine, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Akl E.A.:
McMaster University, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Hamilton, ON, Canada
American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
Bossuyt P.:
University of Amsterdam, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Medical Center, Meibergdreef, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Churchill R.:
University of Bristol, Center for Academic Mental Health, School of Social and Community Medicine, Bristol, United Kingdom
Glenton C.:
The Norwegian Branch of the Nordic Cochrane Center, Oslo, Norway
Norwegian Knowledge Center for the Health Services, Oslo, Norway
Rosenbaum S.:
The Norwegian Branch of the Nordic Cochrane Center, Oslo, Norway
Norwegian Knowledge Center for the Health Services, Oslo, Norway
Tugwell P.:
University of Ottawa, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, ON K1H 8 M5, Canada
Welch V.:
University of Ottawa, Bruyère Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Guyatt G.:
McMaster University, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Hamilton, ON, Canada
McMaster University, Department of Medicine, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Schünemann H.:
McMaster University, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Hamilton, ON, Canada
McMaster University, Department of Medicine, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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