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ArticleImplementation science : IS2016

Barriers and facilitators to uptake of systematic reviews by policy makers and health care managers: a scoping review.

Andrea C Tricco, Roberta Cardoso, Sonia M Thomas, Sanober Motiwala, Shannon Sullivan, Michael R Kealey, Brenda Hemmelgarn, Mathieu Ouimet, Michael P Hillmer, Laure Perrier and 2 more

Abstract readScoping Review
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Article in Implementation science : IS, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 87 papers, 13 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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87citing papers in PubMed, 13 pooled it
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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

87 citing papers in PubMed, 13 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Umbrella review of systematic reviews to inform the development and translation of community-based childhood obesity prevention interventions.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025
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  8. Barriers and facilitators to clinical information seeking: a systematic review.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Andrea C TriccoKnowledge Translation Program, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, 209 Victoria Street, East Building, Toronto, ON, M5B 1W8, Canada. triccoa@smh.ca.
Roberta CardosoKnowledge Translation Program, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, 209 Victoria Street, East Building, Toronto, ON, M5B 1W8, Canada. cardosor@smh.ca.
Sonia M ThomasKnowledge Translation Program, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, 209 Victoria Street, East Building, Toronto, ON, M5B 1W8, Canada. thomasso@smh.ca.
Sanober MotiwalaKnowledge Translation Program, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, 209 Victoria Street, East Building, Toronto, ON, M5B 1W8, Canada. sanober@alumni.utoronto.ca.
Shannon SullivanKnowledge Translation Program, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, 209 Victoria Street, East Building, Toronto, ON, M5B 1W8, Canada. ssull011@uottawa.ca.
Michael R KealeyKnowledge Translation Program, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, 209 Victoria Street, East Building, Toronto, ON, M5B 1W8, Canada. ryan.kealey@mail.utoronto.ca.
Brenda HemmelgarnDepartments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, TRW Building, 3rd Floor, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4Z6, Canada. bhemmelg@ucalgary.ca.
Mathieu OuimetDépartement de science politique, Pavillon Charles-De Koninck, Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada. mathieu.ouimet@pol.ulaval.ca.
Michael P HillmerInstitute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Health Sciences Building, 155 College Street, Suite 425, Toronto, ON, M5T 3M6, Canada. mhillmer@rogers.com.
Laure PerrierInstitute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Health Sciences Building, 155 College Street, Suite 425, Toronto, ON, M5T 3M6, Canada. l.perrier@utoronto.ca.
Sasha ShepperdNuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Richard Doll Building, Old Rd Campus, Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 7LF, UK. sasha.shepperd@ndph.ox.ac.uk.
Sharon E StrausKnowledge Translation Program, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, 209 Victoria Street, East Building, Toronto, ON, M5B 1W8, Canada. sharon.straus@utoronto.ca.

Funding

CIHRDepartment of Health 13/89/04
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWe completed a scoping review on the barriers and facilitators to use of systematic reviews by health care managers and policy makers, including consideration of format and content, to develop recommendations for systematic review authors and to inform research efforts to develop and test formats for systematic reviews that may optimise their uptake.

methodsWe used the Arksey and O'Malley approach for our scoping review. Electronic databases (e.g., MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycInfo) were searched from inception until September 2014. Any study that identified barriers or facilitators (including format and content features) to uptake of systematic reviews by health care managers and policy makers/analysts was eligible for inclusion. Two reviewers independently screened the literature results and abstracted data from the relevant studies. The identified barriers and facilitators were charted using a barriers and facilitators taxonomy for implementing clinical practice guidelines by clinicians.

resultsWe identified useful information for authors of systematic reviews to inform their preparation of reviews including providing one-page summaries with key messages, tailored to the relevant audience. Moreover, partnerships between researchers and policy makers/managers to facilitate the conduct and use of systematic reviews should be considered to enhance relevance of reviews and thereby influence uptake.

conclusionsSystematic review authors can consider our results when publishing their systematic reviews. These strategies should be rigorously evaluated to determine impact on use of reviews in decision-making.

Indexed as

Decision MakingPolicy MakingSystematic Reviews as TopicAdministrative PersonnelAttitude of Health PersonnelDelivery of Health CareEvidence-Based MedicineHealth Facility AdministratorsHealth Services AdministrationHumans

Identifiers

PMID26753923
PMCPMC4709874

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