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ArticleBMJ open2015

Effectiveness of knowledge translation tools addressing multiple high-burden chronic diseases affecting older adults: protocol for a systematic review alongside a realist review.

Monika Kastner, Laure Perrier, Jemila Hamid, Andrea C Tricco, Roberta Cardoso, Noah M Ivers, Barbara Liu, Sharon Marr, Jayna Holroyd-Leduc, Geoff Wong and 2 more

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Article in BMJ open, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Monika KastnerLi KaShing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Division of Epidemiology, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Laure PerrierLi KaShing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Jemila HamidLi KaShing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Andrea C TriccoLi KaShing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Division of Epidemiology, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Roberta CardosoLi KaShing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Noah M IversDepartment of Family Medicine, Women's College Hospital-University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Barbara LiuRegional Geriatric Program of Toronto; Sunnybrook Health Sciences, Geriatric Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Sharon MarrDivision of Geriatric Medicine McMaster University, St Peter's Hospital/Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Jayna Holroyd-LeducDepartment of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Geoff WongCentre for Primary Care and Public Health, Queen Mary, University of London, London, UK.
Lisa GravesDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Sharon E StrausLi KaShing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
St. Michael's Hospital · CAUniversity of Toronto · CAMcMaster University · CAQueen Mary University of London · GBSunnybrook Health Science Centre · CAUniversity of Calgary · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe burden of chronic disease is a global phenomenon, particularly among people aged 65 years and older. More than half of older adults have more than one chronic disease and their care is not optimal. Chronic disease management (CDM) tools have the potential to meet this challenge but they are primarily focused on a single disease, which fails to address the growing number of seniors with multiple chronic conditions. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: We will conduct a systematic review alongside a realist review to identify effective CDM tools that integrate one or more high-burden chronic diseases affecting older adults and to better understand for whom, under what circumstances, how and why they produce their outcomes. We will search MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, AgeLine and the Cochrane Library for experimental, quasi-experimental, observational and qualitative studies in any language investigating CDM tools that facilitate optimal disease management in one or more high-burden chronic diseases affecting adults aged ≥65 years. Study selection will involve calibration of reviewers to ensure reliability of screening and duplicate assessment of articles. Data abstraction and risk of bias assessment will also be performed independently. Analysis will include descriptive summaries of study and appraisal characteristics, effectiveness of each CDM tool (meta-analysis if appropriate); and a realist programme theory will be developed and refined to explain the outcome patterns within the included studies. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Ethics approval is not required for this study. We anticipate that our findings, pertaining to gaps in care across high-burden chronic diseases affecting seniors and highlighting specific areas that may require more research, will be of interest to a wide range of knowledge users and stakeholders. We will publish and present our findings widely, and also plan more active dissemination strategies such as workshops with our key stakeholders. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: Our protocol is registered with PROSPERO (registration number CRD42014014489).

Indexed as

Chronic DiseaseDisease ManagementHealth Services for the AgedTranslational Research, BiomedicalAgedHumansOutcome Assessment, Health CareReproducibility of ResultsResearch DesignSystematic Reviews as TopicGENERAL MEDICINE (see Internal Medicine)INTERNAL MEDICINE

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PMID25649215
PMCPMC4322198
OpenAlexW2120061855

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