We report the results of a prioritisation project, aiming to identify highest priority systematic review topics.
Eleven systematic review topics had both a prior report and an update completed within our data collection window.
More recent systematic review topics included focused interventions, such as constrained-induced movement therapy [ 22], postural control [ 23], passive stretching [ 24], hydrotherapy [ 25], hippotherapy [ 26, 27], and orthotic devices [ 28].
We also searched the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (topic: child health; section: neurology; sub-sections: epilepsy) for related systematic reviews, including those on mixed populations.
Systematic reviews on topics of importance to oral health care practitioners are being conducted and published by various national and international groups.
We conducted preliminary literature searches to estimate the feasibility of performing CER systematic reviews on topics ranked highly by stakeholders.
Most systematic reviews address topics related to delivery arrangements (n = 2,663) or implementation strategies (n = 1,653) with far fewer addressing financial (n = 241) or governance arrangements (n = 231).
Most systematic reviews address topics related to delivery arrangements (n = 2,663) or implementation strategies (n = 1,653) in whole or in part, whereas much smaller numbers of systematic reviews address financial arrangements (n = 241) or governance arrangements (n = 231) (Table 1).
To compare rapid reviews (RRs) to same-topic systematic reviews (SRs) for methods, studies included, and conclusions.
An independent EGAPP Working Group selects topics, oversees systematic reviews of evidence, and makes evidence-based recommendations; 5 systematic reviews and 4 evidence recommendations had been published by 2009 (58).
