Evidence Synthesis Ireland

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Meskell P, Biesty LM, Dowling M, Roche K, Meehan E, Glenton C, Devane D, Shepperd S, Booth A, Cox R, Chan XHS, Houghton C.

Factors that impact on recruitment to vaccine trials in the context of a pandemic or epidemic: a qualitative evidence synthesis

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2023 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.MR000065.pub22


Ryan RE, Silke C, Parkhill A, Virgona A, Merner B et al.

Communication to promote and support physical distancing for COVID‐19 prevention and control

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2023 https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD015144


Houghton C, Meskell P, Delaney H, Smalle M, Glenton C, Booth A, Chan XHS, Devane D, Biesty LM.

Barriers and facilitators to healthcare workers’ adherence with infection prevention and control (IPC) guidelines for respiratory infectious diseases: a rapid qualitative evidence synthesis.

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2020 (4) DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD013582


Verbeek JH, Rajamaki B, Ijaz S, Sauni R, Toomey E, Blackwood B, et al.

Personal protective equipment for preventing highly infectious diseases due to exposure to contaminated body fluids in healthcare staff.

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2020;(4) doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD011621.pub4


Smith V, Devane D, Nichol A, Roche D.

Care bundles for improving outcomes in patients with COVID‐19 or related conditions in intensive care – a rapid scoping review.

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2020, (12). DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD013819.


Noone C, McSharry J, Smalle M, Burns A, Dwan K, Devane D, Morrissey EC.

Video calls for reducing social isolation and loneliness in older people: a rapid review.

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2020 (5). DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD013632.


Ghosn L, Chaimani A, Evrenoglou T, Davidson M, Graña C, Schmucker C, Bollig C, Henschke N, Sguassero Y, Nejstgaard CH, Menon S, Nguyen TV, Ferrand G, Kapp P, Riveros C, Ávila C, Devane D, Meerpohl JJ, Rada G, Hróbjartsson A, Grasselli G, Tovey D, Ravaud P, Boutron I.

Interleukin‐6 blocking agents for treating COVID‐19: a living systematic review.

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2021. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD013881


Gillies K, Kearney A, Keenan C, Treweek S, Hudson J, Brueton VC, Conway T, Hunter A, Murphy L, Carr PJ, Rait G, Manson P, Aceves-Martins M.

Strategies to improve retention in randomised trials.

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2021, DOI: 10.1002/14651858.MR000032.pub3


Houghton C, Dowling M, Meskell P, Hunter A, Gardner H, Conway A, Treweek S, Sutcliffe K, Noyes J, Devane D, Nicholas JR, Biesty LM.

Factors that impact on recruitment to randomised trials in health care: a qualitative evidence synthesis.

Cochrane Database 2020, DOI: 10.1002/14651858.MR000045

Piyasena MP, Daka Q, Qureshi R, Li T, Takwoingi Y, Virgili G, Azuara-Blanco A

Prognostic factors for predicting progression of open angle glaucoma in adults

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2022, doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD015436


Boutron I, Chaimani A, Devane D, Meerpohl JJ, Rada G, Hróbjartsson A, Tovey D, Grasselli G, Ravaud P.

Interventions for the prevention and treatment of COVID‐19: a living mapping of research and living network meta‐analysis.

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2020. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD013769.


Boutron I, Chaimani A, Devane D, Meerpohl JJ, Rada G, Hróbjartsson A, Tovey D, Grasselli G, Ravaud P.

Interventions for the treatment of COVID‐19: a living network meta‐analysis.

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2020, DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD013770


Noone, C., Morrissey, E. C., Mc Sharry, J., Devane, D., Burns, A., Smalle, M., & Dwan, K. (2020).

Cochrane Rapid Review Protocol – The Effectiveness of Video Calls for Reducing Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older People.

https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/RFXKY

Devane D, Alfirevic Z, Kellie F, Finucane E, Beecher C, Hanrahan V. et al.

Review of clinical practice guidelines for the care of pregnant women and their babies during COVID-19. 2020


Cochrane. Coronavirus (COVID-19): remote care through telehealth. 2020 (curated by Gleeson C, Kelly M and Devane D with the Central Editorial Team)

www.cochranelibrary.com/collections/doi/SC000043

Parker A, Harris C, Fennelly O, Thomas SM, Ghassemi M, McGowan J, Straus SE, Tricco A et al
Implemented machine learning tools to inform decision-making for patient care in hospital settings: a scoping review.

BMJ Open, doi 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065845 


Saif-Ur-Rahman KM, Movsisyan A, Kothari K, Conway T, Tierney M, Madden C, Taneri PE, O’Halloran JA, Nurdin N, et al.

Effectiveness of SARS-CoV-2 testing strategies: A scoping review

Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods https://doi.org/10.1002/cesm.12030 (2023).


Vyas N, Bennett A, Shaver N, Beck A, Zitiktye G, Whelan B, O’Regan R, Conway A, Skidmore B, Moher D, Little J.

SARS-CoV-2 transmission risk for common group activities and settings: a living scoping review

European Journal of Public Health https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckad195 (2023).


Toomey E, Conway Y, Burton C, Smith S, Smalle M, Chan X-H, Adisesh A, Tanveer S, Ross L, Thomson I, Devane D, Greenhalgh T.

Extended use or reuse of single-use surgical masks and filtering face-piece respirators during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: A rapid systematic review.

Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 42(1), 75-83. doi:10.1017/ice.2020.1243 (2020).


Mahalingasivam V, Craik A, Tomlinson LA, Ge L, Hou L, Qi Wang, Kehu Yang, Fogarty D, Keenan C.

A Systematic Review of COVID-19 and Kidney Transplantation. Kidney International Reports (2021)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2020.10.023.


Jackson T, Deibert D, Wyatt G, Durand-Moreau Q, Adisesh A, Khunit K, Khunit S, Mith S, Chan XH, Ross L, Roberts N, Toomey E, Greenhalgh T, et al.

Classification of aerosol-generating procedures: a rapid systematic review.

BMJ Open Respiratory Research 2020;7:e000730. doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2020-000730.


Toomey E, Conway Y, Burton C, Smith S, Smalle M, Chan X-H,et al.

Extended use or re-use of single-use surgical masks and filtering facepiece respirators: a rapid evidence review. 3 June 2020


Greenhalgh T, Chan X, Khunti K, Durand-Moreau Q, Straube S, Devane D, Toomey T, Adisesh A.

What is the efficacy of standard face masks compared to respirator masks in preventing COVID-type respiratory illnesses in primary care staff? For Centre for Evidence Based Medicine (CEBM). 23 March 2020


Greenhalgh T, Chan X, Durand-Moreau Q, Straube S, Devane D, Toomey T, Adisesh A, Ross L. 

What is the evidence that COVID-19 personal protective equipment should include shoe covers? (CEBM) April 7 2020


Khunti K, Greenhalgh R, Chan X, Durand-Moreau Q, Straube S, Devane D, Toomey T, Adisesh A, Ross L.

What is the efficacy of eye protection equipment compared to no eye protection equipment in preventing transmission of COVID-19-type respiratory illnesses in primary and community care? April 3 2020


Burton C, Coles B, Adisesh A, Smith S, Toomey T, Chan XH, Ross L, Greenhalgh T.

What is the performance and impact of disposable and reusable respirators for healthcare workers in the context of COVID-19? 22 May 2020

Toomey E, Conway Y, Burton C, Smith S, Smalle M, Chan XH, Adisesh A, Tanveer S, Ross L, Thomson I, Devane D, T Greenhalgh.

Extended use or re-use of single-use surgical masks and filtering facepiece respirators: a rapid evidence review.

medRxiv 2020.06.04.20121947; doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.04.20121947. 6 citations


Boulton E, Kneale D, Stansfield C, Heron P, Sutcliffe K, Hayanga B, Bosnquet K, Bloor K, Bower P, Casey C, Craig D, Gilbody S, Jefferson L, Hanratty B, McMillan D, Thomas J, Todd C.

Befriending, social support, and low-intensity psychosocial interventions delivered remotely to reduce social isolation and loneliness among older adults. 2 citations.

http://eppi.ioe.ac.uk/CMS/Portals/0/LonelinessExecSummary-5.pdf

Boulton E, Kneale D, Stansfield C, Heron P, Sutcliffe K, Hayanga B, Bosnquet K, Bloor K, Bower P, Casey C, Craig D, Gilbody S, Jefferson L, Hanratty B, McMillan D, Thomas J, Todd C.

What are effective befriending, social support, and low intensity psychosocial interventions delivered remotely to reduce social isolation and loneliness among older adults and how do they ‘work’? A rapid review of systematic reviews. Available from

http://eppi.ioe.ac.uk/CMS/Portals/0/SocialIsolationRemoteInterventions.pdf


Boutron I, Chaimani A, Devane D, Meerpohl J, Tovey D, Hróbjartsson A, Ravaud P. (2020).

Interventions for preventing and treating COVID-19: protocol for a living mapping of research and a living systematic review. Zenodo.

http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3744600


Devane D, Alfirevic Z, Kellie F, Finucane E, Beecher C, Hanrahan V, et al.

Review of clinical practice guidelines for the care of pregnant women and their babies during COVID-19 – Protocol. 2020.

https://osf.io/g9fmx/

Biesty L, Meskell P, Glenton C, Delaney H, Smalle M, Booth A, Chan XHS, Devane D, Houghton C.

A QuESt for speed: rapid qualitative evidence syntheses as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Systematic Reviews (2020) 9:256. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-020-01512-5.


Tricco A, Garrity C, Boulous L, …Devane D, Houghton C… et al.

Rapid review methods more challenging during COVID-19: commentary with a focus on 8 knowledge synthesis steps (2020).

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology (126). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2020.06.029.


Boutron I, Chaimani A, Meerpohl JJ, Hróbjartsson A, Devane D, Rada G. et al.

The COVID-NMA Project: building an evidence ecosystem for the COVID-19 pandemic.

Annals of Internal Medicine 2020 https://doi.org/10.7326/M20-5261.


Boutron I, Tovey DI, De Nale L, Chaimani A, Devane D, Meerpohl JJ, et al.

COVID-NMA: a collaborative COVID-19 living evidence project. In: Collaborating in response to COVID-19: editorial and methods initiatives across Cochrane.

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2020;(12 Suppl 1). doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD202002


Burke N, Devane D, Galvin S, Keenan C

(2020) COVID-19 Emergency Evidence Response Service: report from Ireland. In: Collaborating in response to COVID-19: editorial and methods initiatives across Cochrane.

https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD202002


Garritty C…Devane…et al (2020). 

Rapid review methods guidance aids in Cochrane’s quick response to the COVID-19 crisis. In: Collaborating in response to COVID-19: editorial and methods initiatives across Cochrane.

https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD202002


Boutron…Devane.. et al (2020) 

COVID-NMA: a collaborative COVID-19 living evidence project. In: Collaborating in response to COVID-19: editorial and methods initiatives across Cochrane.

https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD202002


Boutron et al.

Research response to coronavirus disease 2019 needed better coordination and collaboration: a living mapping of registered trials (2020).

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2020.10.010


Zaki M, Devane D, Conway T, Galvin S, Burke NN, Finucane F.

Battling the COVID-19 infodemic in an Irish context: the role of iHealthFacts

HRB Open Res 2020, 3:81. https://doi.org/10.12688/hrbopenres.13174.1


Wieseler B, Kaiser T, Boutron I, Devane D, Gartlehner G, Meerpohl J, Ravaud P.

Cochrane Ireland, France, Austria, Germany and IQWiG, calling for transparency of COVID19 studies, issued an open letter (May 2020).


Devane D

Mini-commentary: Minimising duplicate reports in estimating COVID-19 impact (July 2020).

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.16421


Verbeek JH, Rajamaki B, Ijaz S, Sauni R, Toomey E, Blackwood B, et al.

What we should all know about PPE for healthcare workers.

BMJ Opinion (2020).


Haddaway NR, Akl EA, Page MJ, Welch VA, Keenan C, Lotfi T.

Open synthesis and the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. 

J Clin Epidemiol. 2020;126:184-191. doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2020.06.032. 2 citations.


Grimshaw JM, Tovey DI,

Lavis JN on behalf of COVID-END. COVID-END: An international network to better co-ordinate and maximize the impact of the global evidence synthesis and guidance response to COVID-19. Cochrane Library, 11 December 2020.


Greenhalgh T, on behalf of team. Editor’s commentary: Rapid reviews of PPE – an update (April 2020).