The role of scoping reviews in guideline development

Pollock, Danielle Kelly; Khalil, Hanan; Evans, Catrin; Godfrey, Christina; Pieper, Dawid; Alexander, Lyndsay; Tricco, Andrea C.; McInerney, Patricia; Peters, Micah D.J.; Klugar, Miloslav; Falavigna, Maicon; Stein, Airton Tetelbom; Qaseem, Amir; Brandão de Moraes, Erica; Saran, Ashrita; Ding, Sandrine; Barker, Timothy Hugh; Florez, Ivan D.; Jia, Romy Menghao; Munn, Zachary

doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2024.111301

How to Implement Digital Clinical Consultations in UK Maternity Care: the ARM@DA Realist Review (2024)
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Evans, C., Clancy, G., Evans, K., Booth, A., Nazmeen, B., Sunney, C., Clowes, M., Jones, N. W., Timmons, S., & Spiby, H. (in press). How to Implement Digital Clinical Consultations in UK Maternity Care: the ARM@DA Realist Review. Health and Social Care Delivery Research,

Background: Digital transformation is a key component within the NHS Maternity Transformation Programme. The Covid-19 pandemic led to an acceleration of digital innovation, in particular, the use of digital clinical consultations (telephone/video con... Read More about How to Implement Digital Clinical Consultations in UK Maternity Care: the ARM@DA Realist Review.

Reconstructive surgery for women with female genital mutilation: A scoping review (2024)
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Almadori, A., Palmieri, S., Coho, C., Evans, C., Elneil, S., & Albert, J. (2024). Reconstructive surgery for women with female genital mutilation: A scoping review. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.17886

Background Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a global public health concern. However, reconstructive surgery remains unavailable in many countries. Objectives This scoping review, guided by Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) principles, explores ind... Read More about Reconstructive surgery for women with female genital mutilation: A scoping review.

Automation tools to support undertaking scoping reviews (2024)
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Khalil, H., Pollock, D., McInerney, P., Evans, C., Moraes, E. B., Godfrey, C. M., …Munn, Z. (in press). Automation tools to support undertaking scoping reviews. Research Synthesis Methods, https://doi.org/10.1002/jrsm.1731

Objective This paper describes several automation tools and software that can be considered during evidence synthesis projects and provides guidance for their integration in the conduct of scoping reviews. Study design and setting The guidance... Read More about Automation tools to support undertaking scoping reviews.

Addressing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in JBI Qualitative Systematic Reviews: A Methodological Scoping Review (2024)
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Evans, C., Hassanein, Z. M., Bains, M., Bennett, C., Bjerrum, M., Edgley, A., …Salmond, S. (in press). Addressing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in JBI Qualitative Systematic Reviews: A Methodological Scoping Review. JBI Evidence Synthesis,

Objective: To investigate ways in which qualitative review teams are addressing equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in the process of conducting and reporting qualitative systematic reviews which utilize JBI guidelines. Introduction: In order to... Read More about Addressing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in JBI Qualitative Systematic Reviews: A Methodological Scoping Review.

Examining the key features of specialist health service provision for women with Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) in the Global North: a scoping review (2024)
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Albert, J., Wells, M., Spiby, H., & Evans, C. (2024). Examining the key features of specialist health service provision for women with Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) in the Global North: a scoping review. Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 5, Article 1329819. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2024.1329819

Background: Health care for women with Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) in the Global North is often described as sub-optimal and focused on maternity care. Specialist FGM/C services have emerged with little empirical evidence informing serv... Read More about Examining the key features of specialist health service provision for women with Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) in the Global North: a scoping review.

Large scoping reviews: managing volume and potential chaos in a pool of evidence sources (2024)
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Alexander, L., Cooper, K., Peters, M. D., Tricco, A. C., Khalil, H., Evans, C., …Pollock, D. (2024). Large scoping reviews: managing volume and potential chaos in a pool of evidence sources. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 170, Article 111343. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2024.111343

Scoping reviews can identify a large number of evidence sources. This commentary describes and provides guidance on planning, conducting, and reporting large scoping reviews. This guidance is informed by experts in scoping review methodology, includi... Read More about Large scoping reviews: managing volume and potential chaos in a pool of evidence sources.

Developing initial programme theories for a realist synthesis on digital clinical consultations in maternity care: contributions from stakeholder involvement (2024)
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Evans, C., Clancy, G., Evans, K., Booth, A., Nazmeen, B., Timmons, S., …Spiby, H. (2024). Developing initial programme theories for a realist synthesis on digital clinical consultations in maternity care: contributions from stakeholder involvement. Journal of Research in Nursing, 29(2), 127-140. https://doi.org/10.1177/17449871241226911

Background: The COVID pandemic prompted an increase in the use of digital clinical consultations (telephone or video calls) within midwifery and nursing care. This paper reports on a realist review project related to maternity care that seeks to illu... Read More about Developing initial programme theories for a realist synthesis on digital clinical consultations in maternity care: contributions from stakeholder involvement.

How Can Digital Consultations Best Be Used In Maternity Care? (2024)
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Clancy, G., & Evans, C. (in press). How Can Digital Consultations Best Be Used In Maternity Care?. Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services (AIMS) Journal, 36(1),

Maternity care via a screen? Georgia Clancy and Catrin Evans explain the CORE implementation principles for this to be safe and effective.

The role of scoping reviews in guideline development (2024)
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Pollock, D. K., Khalil, H., Evans, C., Godfrey, C., Pieper, D., Alexander, L., …Munn, Z. (2024). The role of scoping reviews in guideline development. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 169, Article 111301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2024.111301

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