Development of two shortened systematic review formats for clinicians

Perrier, Laure; Persaud, Nav; Ko, Anita; Kastner, Monika; Grimshaw, Jeremy; McKibbon, K Ann; Straus, Sharon E

doi:10.1186/1748-5908-8-68

Implementation Science

Table 1 Mapping of intrinsic obstacles to items on prototypes

From: Development of two shortened systematic review formats for clinicians

Item		Format	Yes	No	Not applicable
1	Topic or relevant aspect of topic not included in a resource that should logically include it	Evidence-Expertise		X
1		Case-Based	X
2	Inadequacy of the resource’s index	Evidence-Expertise			X
2	Inadequacy of the resource’s index	Case-Based			X
3	Resource poorly organized	Evidence-Expertise	X
3	Resource poorly organized	Case-Based	X
4	Resource not clinically oriented	Evidence-Expertise	X
4	Resource not clinically oriented	Case-Based	X
5	Resource not authoritative or not trusted	Evidence-Expertise		X
5	Resource not authoritative or not trusted	Case-Based	X
6	Resource not current	Evidence-Expertise	X
6	Resource not current	Case-Based	X
7	Inability to interact with a general resource as one could with a human resource	Evidence-Expertise			X
7		Case-Based			X
8	Incorrect information	Evidence-Expertise	X
8	Incorrect information	Case-Based	X
9	Information not current	Evidence-Expertise		X
9	Information not current	Case-Based	X
10	Failure to anticipate ancillary information needs	Evidence-Expertise			X
10	Failure to anticipate ancillary information needs	Case-Based			X
11	Failure to address common comorbid conditions	Evidence-Expertise			X
11	Failure to address common comorbid conditions	Case-Based			x
12	Inadequate differential diagnosis	Evidence-Expertise			X
12	Inadequate differential diagnosis	Case-Based			X
13	Failure to define important terms	Evidence-Expertise		X
13	Failure to define important terms	Case-Based		X
14	Inadequate description of clinical procedures	Evidence-Expertise			X
14	Inadequate description of clinical procedures	Case-Based			X
15	Vague or tangential information	Evidence-Expertise	X
15	Vague or tangential information	Case-Based	X
16	Unnecessarily cautious writing style	Evidence-Expertise	X
16	Unnecessarily cautious writing style	Case-Based	X
17	Tertiary care approach to primary care problem	Evidence-Expertise	X
17	Tertiary care approach to primary care problem	Case-Based	X
18	Biased information due to conflicts of interest	Evidence-Expertise	X
18	Biased information due to conflicts of interest	Case-Based	X
19	Failure to address the clinical question	Evidence-Expertise	X
19	Failure to address the clinical question	Case-Based	X
20	Failure to study the comparison of interest	Evidence-Expertise	X
20	Failure to study the comparison of interest	Case-Based	X
21	Failure to study the outcome of interest	Evidence-Expertise	X
21	Failure to study the outcome of interest	Case-Based	X
22	Failure to study the population of interest	Evidence-Expertise	X
22	Failure to study the population of interest	Case-Based	X
23	Evidence based on flawed methods	Evidence-Expertise	X
23	Evidence based on flawed methods	Case-Based	X
24	Failure to cite or include relevant evidence	Evidence-Expertise	X
24	Failure to cite or include relevant evidence	Case-Based	X
25	Inadequate synthesis of multiple bits of evidence	Evidence-Expertise			X
25	Inadequate synthesis of multiple bits of evidence	Case-Based			X
26	Difficulty applying results of randomized clinical trials to individual patients	Evidence-Expertise			X
26		Case-Based			X
27	Failure to directly or completely answer the question	Evidence-Expertise	X
27	Failure to directly or completely answer the question	Case-Based	X
28	Answer too long or too short	Evidence-Expertise			X
28	Answer too long or too short	Case-Based			X
29	Answer directed at the wrong audience	Evidence-Expertise	X
29	Answer directed at the wrong audience	Case-Based	X
30	Difficulty addressing unrecognized information needs apparent in the question	Evidence-Expertise	X
30		Case-Based	X
31	Answer not trusted	Evidence-Expertise		X
31	Answer not trusted	Case-Based	X
32	Answer inadequate	Evidence-Expertise	X
32	Answer inadequate	Case-Based	X

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