Faculty of Health, Arts and Design, Swinburne University of Technology, John Street, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia.
Hunter New England Population Health, Longworth Avenue Wallsend, NSW 2287, Australia.
J Public Health (Oxf). 2022 Dec 1;44(4):e582-e587. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdac031.
The benefits of increasing public access to data from clinical trials are widely accepted. Such benefits extend to the sharing of data from high-quality systematic reviews, given the time and cost involved with undertaking reviews. We describe the application of open sources of review data, outline potential challenges and highlight efforts made to address these challenges, with the intent of encouraging publishers, funders and authors to consider sharing review data more broadly.
We describe the application of systematic review data in: (i) advancing understanding of clinical trials and systematic review methods, (ii) repurposing of data to answer public health policy and practice relevant questions, (iii) identification of research gaps and (iv) accelerating the conduct of rapid reviews to inform decision making. While access, logistical, motivational and legal challenges exist, there has been progress made by systematic review, academic and funding agencies to incentivise data sharing and create infrastructure to support greater access to systematic review data.
There is opportunity to maximize the benefits of research investment in undertaking systematic reviews by ensuring open sources of systematic review data. Efforts to create such systems should draw on learnings and principles outlined for sharing clinical trial data.
增加公众获取临床试验数据的机会有诸多益处，这一点已得到广泛认可。鉴于系统评价需要耗费大量的时间和成本，因此，如果能分享高质量系统评价的数据，那么也会带来相应的益处。我们介绍了开放的系统评价数据资源的应用，概述了潜在的挑战，并强调了为解决这些挑战所做的努力，旨在鼓励出版商、资助者和作者更广泛地考虑共享评价数据。
我们描述了系统评价数据在以下方面的应用：（i）加深对临床试验和系统评价方法的理解，（ii）重新利用数据回答与公共卫生政策和实践相关的问题，（iii）发现研究空白，以及（iv）加快进行快速审查以支持决策。虽然存在获取、后勤、动机和法律方面的挑战，但系统评价、学术和资助机构在鼓励数据共享和创建基础设施以支持更广泛地获取系统评价数据方面已经取得了进展。
通过确保系统评价数据资源的开放性，可以最大限度地发挥对系统评价进行研究投资的效益。创建此类系统的工作应借鉴为分享临床试验数据而概述的经验和原则。
