A published assessment instrument used for reviewing clinical trials of herbal products was selected as a comparator instrument [ 7].
Bilateral gait assessment was performed using a published marker set and standard methods [ 36, 37].
Verification and data extraction were performed by two researchers (AW and JT), a quality assessment was performed using a published checklist [ 27] (Additional file 1 and Additional file 2) by one reviewer (SD) and a 20% overlapping sample by a second researcher (AW).
We show the application of this framework to the assessment of heath-care technologies using a published analysis of a new drug treatment for Alzheimer's disease.
An "objective" assessment of the external appearance of the block face (neighborhood) in front of the homes where the participants resided was done by the survey team using a previously published assessment tool [ 17] during household enumeration, which occurred an average of seven months before the participants were recruited and data were collected.
using a published procedure [ 25].
We will identify studies in English and French concerning TMO treatments through searches in Cochrane Central, EMBASE, MEDLINE, PsychINFO, CINHAL, PubMed, OT Seekers, PEDRO and the grey literature. 2 reviewers will independently screen study eligibility, extract data and appraise studies using published assessment tools.
This was in contrast to those from the group who used the published assessment instrument after having used the new assessment instrument.
Participants who used the published assessment instrument first were fairly evenly split as to whether, after reviewing the papers, they would recommend the treatment to their patients.
We did not use previously published assessment instruments (Klymkowsky et al., 2003; Bowling et al., 2008; Smith et al., 2008), because none of them is aligned with our specific learning objectives (listed in the Introduction).
