Background Stakeholder engagement efforts in the Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC)
program initially focused on defining opportunities and developing materials to involve …

Objectives Describe characteristics of rapid reviews and examine the impact of methodological
variations on their reliability and validity. Study Design and Setting We conducted a …

The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) provides independent, objective, and
scientifically rigorous recommendations for clinical preventive services. A primary concern is to …

Objectives To characterize rapid reviews and similar products, to understand the context in
which rapid products are produced (eg, end-users and purposes for rapid products), to …

Background There is increasing demand for rapid reviews and timely evidence synthesis.
The goal of this project was to understand end-user perspectives on the utility and limitations …

Purpose: This study estimates the prevalence of depression assessment in adults age 35
and older and how prevalence varies by sociodemographic characteristics and depressive …

Background: Although there is a growing literature on the process of engaging stakeholders
in medical research, there are a lack of clearly-defined measures for reporting and …

Research to Move Policy Addressing the overdose epidemic requires eliminating racial and
ethnic disparities — along with socioeconomic, gender-based, and geographic disparities …

Insights from systematic reviews can help new studies better meet the priorities and needs
of patients and communities. However, systematic reviews unfortunately have not yet …

Objectives The goal of this project was to understand end-user perspectives on three types
of rapid review products: evidence inventories, rapid responses, and rapid reviews. This …