The primary outcomes were methodological themes and processes on how to address equity issues in guideline development.
Using content analysis, authors CHS and JHT synthesised methodological themes and processes on how to address equity issues in guideline development.
We conclude, however, that this heterogeneity ought to be welcomed, but urge those involved in the field to engage meaningfully and explicitly with questions concerning what kinds of moral claim they want to be able to make, about normative justification and the methodological process, and about the coherence of these components within their work.
At this stage in the development of empirical bioethics, that means engaging explicitly and meaningfully with questions concerning the kinds of moral claim that empirical bioethicists want to be able to make, about normative justification and the methodological process, and about the coherence of these different components of their work.
For these systematic reviews a protocol has been written including databases to be searched, search strategies, inclusion criteria and process, methodological assessment and data-analysis.
There is also a greater focus on the patient and carer perspective, as evidenced by both methodological elements (outcomes) and process-related aspects (input during scoping and throughout the appraisal).
Clarity of definition and/or a shared terminology would help make the methodological processes and reporting more transparent and aid the reader's understanding of them.
Table 1 Data-driven analysis and related terminology Big data Data sets with size/complexity beyond the capacity of commonly used methodological approaches to capture, manage and process data.
Through the INICC network, investigators are freely furnished with training and methodological tools to perform outcome and process surveillance, and to implement an effective infection prevention model for CLABs, and at the same time, the publication of these findings serves to foster relevant scientific evidence-based literature.
Using barriers and facilitators identified by the target end-users, it will be important to develop tailored strategies to overcome the gap between what is known about methodological processes and how trials are designed and conducted in practice.
