Table 2 Appraisal of evidence sources
From: Facilitating access to pre-processed research evidence in public health
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||||||