Table 5 Phase III systematic reviews which met inclusion criteria of involving PLWD in disability KT
From: Access to health knowledge for health equality: a multi-phase review focused on disability-health
Title of study | Database & number of articles | Objective | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
A Cochrane review of patient education for neck pain [28] | Index to Chiropractic Literature, MANTIS; MEDLINE, EMBASE, CENTRAL, CINAHL, CENTRAL, screening of references, communication with the Cochrane Back Group, and content experts (n = 15) | Evaluating effectiveness of KT for patients | “No effectiveness for educational interventions, including advice to activate, advice on stress-coping skills, workplace ergonomics and self‐care strategies” [28] |
Systematic review of knowledge translation strategies in the allied health professions [29] | MEDLINE, CINAHL, ERIC, PASCAL, EMBASE, IPA, Scopus, CENTRAL (n = 32) | Categorizing types of KT tools and outcomes of KT | KT tool: educational meetings (n = 11), educational materials (n = 2), educational outreach visits (n = 1), and a financial intervention (n = 1, for KT related to HIV pharmaceuticals) KT outcomes: professional/process outcomes (n = 25); patient outcomes (n = 4), economic outcomes (n = 2), “multiple primary outcomes” (n = 1) |
Exploring the function and effectiveness of knowledge brokers as facilitators of knowledge translation [30] | MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL, ERIC, Scopus, SocINDEX, and Health Business Elite (n = 29) | Summarizing list of all tasks completed by knowledge-brokers in KT | “Identify, engage, and connect stakeholders; Facilitate collaboration; Identify and obtain relevant information; Facilitate development of analytic and interpretive skills; Create tailored knowledge products; Project coordination; Support communication and information sharing; Network development, maintenance, and facilitation; Facilitate and evaluate change; Support sustainability” |
A systematic review of the effectiveness of knowledge translation interventions for chronic noncancer pain management [31] | Cochrane, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Centre for Reviews and Dissemination Database, CINAHL, Web of Science, PsycINFO, Sociological Abstracts, SocINDEX, Social Services Abstracts, ABI Inform, Business Source Complete, Health-evidence.ca, KT+, Campbell Collaboration, Knowledge Utilization – Utilisation des Connaissances, Canadian Research Index (n = 19) | Review of targets and tools of KT | n = 13 to practitioner KT n = 4 to patient KT n = 2 to combined KT Tools for patient KT: information/education, decision aids, coordination-of-care Tools for combined KT: educational approaches, mass media, health promotion |