Munn Zachary, Brandt Linn, Kuijpers Ton, Whittington Craig, Wiles Louise, Karge Torsten
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, JBI, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Department of Medicine, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Gjøvik, Norway.
JBI Evid Implement. 2020 Sep;18(3):345-352. doi: 10.1097/XEB.0000000000000226.
There are now over 140 tools/programs that can assist in developing systematic reviews or clinical practice guidelines (CPGs). It is currently unclear which tools are used by systematic reviewers and CPG developers, which development processes they are used for, and what facilitators or barriers to their use exist.
To determine which tools are currently being used by systematic reviewers and CPG developers, an online survey was administered during July-August 2017. Guidelines International Network individual and organizational members were invited to participate. Survey questions focused on the nature and frequency of members' use of tools to support systematic review and CPG development.
The overall response rate was 34%. The largest number of respondents developed one to five guidelines a year (48%). GRADEpro GDT was the most popular tool (26% of respondents) followed by Dropbox (16%) and RevMan (14%). From the options provided, the reason most respondents (85%) used particular tools was 'to be more efficient'. Most users stated they would use the tool again (95%), and 95% would recommend it to other organizations. However, respondents reported that tool efficiency and facilitators such as data sharing functionality were offset by their availability and cost, issues with structured data fields (that did not allow customization), and other technical and usability factors (e.g., features, workflows).
The results of this survey provide a focus for discussing improvements in tools to meet the needs of systematic reviewers and CPG developers, and a basis from which to test the efficacy and appropriateness of various tools and platforms across a number of purposes and contexts.
目前有超过140种工具/程序可协助开展系统评价或临床实践指南（CPG）。目前尚不清楚系统评价者和CPG开发者使用哪些工具、用于哪些开发过程，以及使用这些工具存在哪些促进因素或障碍。
为确定系统评价者和CPG开发者目前正在使用哪些工具，于2017年7月至8月进行了一项在线调查。邀请了指南国际网络的个人和组织成员参与。调查问题聚焦于成员使用支持系统评价和CPG开发工具的性质和频率。
总体回复率为34%。回复者中每年制定1至5项指南的人数最多（48%）。GRADEpro GDT是最受欢迎的工具（26%的回复者），其次是Dropbox（16%）和RevMan（14%）。在提供的选项中，大多数回复者（85%）使用特定工具的原因是“提高效率”。大多数用户表示会再次使用该工具（95%），95%的用户会向其他组织推荐。然而，回复者报告称，工具的效率以及数据共享功能等促进因素被工具的可用性和成本、结构化数据字段的问题（不允许定制）以及其他技术和可用性因素（如功能、工作流程）所抵消。
本次调查结果为讨论改进工具以满足系统评价者和CPG开发者的需求提供了重点，也为测试各种工具和平台在多种目的和背景下的有效性和适用性提供了基础。
