Background
Methods
6S Pyramid of Pre-Processed Evidence
Levels of Haynes' pyramid | Publically available resources | Other resources |
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Systems | none | none |
Summaries
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National Guidelines Clearinghouse (NGC)
http://guideline.gov
Guideline Advisory Committee (GAC)
http://www.gacguidelines.ca
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence Public Health Guidance
http://guidance.nice.org.uk/PHG?textonly=false
Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO)
http://www.rnao.org/bestpractices/index.asp
Trip Database (filter by guidelines) http://www.tripdatabase.com
Canadian Medical Association (CMA Infobase: clinical practice guidelines) http://www.cma.ca/index.cfm/ci_id/54316/la_id/1.htm
Alberta Medical Association (Towards Optimized Practice) http://www.topalbertadoctors.org
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Clinical Evidence
http://www.clinicalevidence.com
UpToDate
http://www.uptodate.com
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Synopses of Syntheses
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Effective Public Health Practice Project (EPHPP) (all of these reviews and synopses are available through Health Evidence)
CDC Guide to Community Preventative Services
www.thecommunityguide.org
The Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD)
http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/crdweb
- Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE)
- Economic Evaluation Database (NHS EED)
- Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Database
EPPI-Centre
http://eppi.ioe.ac.uk
- DoPHER
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Evidence-based abstract journals
- Evidence-based Nursing http://ebn.bmj.com/search.dtl
- Evidence-based Mental Health http://ebmh.bmj.com
- Evidence-based Medicine http://ebm.bmj.com
- ACP (American College of Physicians) Journal Club www.acpjc.org
Evidence Digest
- a recurring column in Worldviews on Evidence Based Nursing
Evidence Updates
http://bmjupdates.com
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Syntheses
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Health Evidence
www.health-evidence.ca
Effective Public Health Practice Project (EPHPP) (Canada) (all of these reviews and synopses are available through Health Evidence)
CDC Guide to Community Preventative Services
www.thecommunityguide.org
The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews http://www.cochrane.org/reviews/index.htm (Freely available in some jurisdictions; Relevant reviews included in the Health Evidence registry)
McMaster Health Knowledge Refinery
- Public Health+ http://www.nccmt.ca/tools/public_health_plus-eng.html
- McMaster PLUS Federated Search
- Public Health PLUS (PH+) http://www.nccmt.ca/tools/public_health_plus-eng.html
- Obesity+
- Best Evidence for Nursing +
AHRQ Evidence Reports
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/epcindex.htm
National Institute for Health and Clinical Evidence Public Health Guidance
http://guidance.nice.org.uk/PHG?textonly=false
The Campbell Collaboration (C2)
www.campbellcollaboration.org
The Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD)
http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/crddatabases.htm
- Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE)
- Economic Evaluation Database (NHS EED)
- Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Database
Evidence Based Health Promotion
http://www.health.vic.gov.au/healthpromotion/evidence_res/evidence_index.htm
PubMed (using Clinical Queries feature with search filters for - systematic reviews http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query/static/clinical.shtml#reviews
- meta-analyses use the limits tab and click meta-analyses under publication type)
Trip Database (filter by systematic reviews) http://www.tripdatabase.com
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The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews http://www.cochrane.org/reviews/index.htm (requiring subscription in some jurisdictions)
Evidence Digest
- a recurring column in Worldviews on Evidence Based Nursing
McMaster Health Knowledge Refinery
http://hiru.mcmaster.ca/hiru/HIRU_McMaster_PLUS_projects.aspx
- ACP Journal Club Plus
- Evidence Updates
- BMJ Clinical Evidence
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Synopses of Single Studies
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PubMed Clinical Queries
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query/static/clinical.shtml
Trip Database (filter by evidence-based synopses) http://www.tripdatabase.com
Evidence Updates
http://plus.mcmaster.ca/EvidenceUpdates/
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Evidence-based Nursing
http://ebn.bmj.com/search.dtl
Evidence-based Mental Health
http://ebmh.bmj.com
Evidence-based Medicine
http://ebm.bmj.com
ACP (American College of Physicians) Journal Club
www.acpjc.org
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Studies
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McMaster Health Knowledge Refinery
http://hiru.mcmaster.ca/hiru/HIRU_McMaster_PLUS_projects.aspx
- Public Health PLUS (PH+) http://www.nccmt.ca/tools/public_health_plus-eng.html
- Obesity+
- Best Evidence for Nursing +
PUBMED (public interface for MEDLINE) www.pubmed.gov
Trip database
http://www.tripdatabase.com
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/cochrane/cochrane_clcentral_articles_fs.html (Freely available in some jurisdictions)
ClinicalTrials.gov
http://clinicaltrials.gov
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McMaster Health Knowledge Refinery
http://hiru.mcmaster.ca/hiru/HIRU_McMaster_PLUS_projects.aspx
- McMaster PLUS Federated Search
- ACP Journal Club Plus
- BMJ Clinical Evidence
PUBMED (public interface for MEDLINE) www.pubmed.gov
Trip database
http://www.tripdatabase.com
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/cochrane/cochrane_clcentral_articles_fs.html (Freely available in some jurisdictions)
ClinicalTrials.gov
http://clinicaltrials.gov
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Level and Type | Explicit Screening Process | Explicit & Rigorous Criteria for Assessing Quality, Summarizing, & Synthesizing | Multiple Independent Reviewers | Currency of the Site Content Easy to Determine | ||
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Summaries
| Clinical Practice Guidelines | NGC | ✓ | ✓ Site updated weekly, reviews current to within 5 years | ||
GAC | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ every 3 years minimum | ||
NICE | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | unclear | ||
CMA Infobase | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ Reviews current to within 5 years | |||
RNAO | ✓ | ✓ Detail lacking regarding summarization and synthesis process | ✓ every 3 years | |||
Towards Optimized Practice | ||||||
Electronic Textbooks | Clinical Evidence | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Not clear; updating schedule varies by review | |
UpToDate | ✓ | Reviews are revised as important new information is published. | ||||
PIER | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Synopses of syntheses
| DARE | ✓ | ✓ lacking in details on synthesis and summary | ✓ | ✓ updated weekly | |
Health Evidence | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | unclear | ||
CDC | ✓ | ✓ | unclear | |||
Abstraction journals | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | weekly | ||
EPPI-Centre | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Quarterly | ||
Syntheses
| AHRQ EPC | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | unclear | |
NICE | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | unclear | ||
Cochrane | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Every two years | ||
C2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Unclear | ||
CRD | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | unclear | ||
PubMed Clinical Queries | ✓ | NA | NA | NA | ||
EPPI-Centre | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | quarterly | ||
Synopses of single studies
| Abstraction journals | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Studies
| McMaster Knowledge refinery | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | weekly | |
PubMed Clinical Queries | ✓ | NA | NA | NA | ||
Bibliographic databases |