A systematic review that is ``rapid'' and ``living'': A specific answer to the COVID-19 pandemic.
J Clin Epidemiol
; 138: 194-198, 2021 10.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1253152
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
This study aims to describe "rapid living" systematic reviews, an innovative methodological design used to systematically synthesize emerging evidence in the field of rehabilitation during the COVID-19 pandemic. STUDY DESIGN ANDSETTING:
A methodological paper, with a formative approach to rapid living systematic reviews.RESULTS:
Based on our experience, we propose the following definition of rapid living SR ``A dynamic method of knowledge synthesis that allows for the constant updating of new emerging evidence and refinement of its methodological quality.'' This method has the benefit of accelerating the conduct of traditional systematic reviews and allows for a synergistic adaptation of methodology based on the quality of the evidence with a flexibility to update results, methods and collaborations.CONCLUSION:
Our proposed methodology has been helpful to synthesize the rapidly evolving evidence in the field of rehabilitation during the pandemic. Similarly, it may be useful when a rapid answer is urgently needed to make informed decisions. The COVID-19 disease has shown that modern medical science has the ability to produce new knowledge at a rate never seen before. Therefore, our proposed rapid living systematic reviews provide the scientific community with a method to rapidly synthesize evidence when facing health emergencies.Keywords
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Research Design
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Pandemics
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Systematic Reviews as Topic
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
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Reviews
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Systematic review/Meta Analysis
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Clin Epidemiol
Journal subject:
Epidemiology
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
J.jclinepi.2021.05.025
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