为政策证据简报制定标准化报告指南（STEP）：背景与研究方案。

Development of a STandard reporting guideline for Evidence briefs for Policy (STEP): context and study protocol.

机构信息

Evidence-Based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.

Health Policy PhD Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.

出版信息

Health Res Policy Syst. 2022 Jul 23;20(1):82. doi: 10.1186/s12961-022-00884-5.

DOI:10.1186/s12961-022-00884-5

PMID:35870939

原文链接:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9308122/

Abstract

BACKGROUND

Evidence briefs for policy (EBP) draw on best-available data and research evidence (e.g., systematic reviews) to help clarify policy problems, frame options for addressing them, and identify implementation considerations for policymakers in a given context. An increasing number of governments, non-governmental organizations and research groups have been developing EBP on a wide variety of topics. However, the reporting characteristics of EBP vary across organizations due to a lack of internationally accepted standard reporting guidelines. This project aims to develop a STandard reporting guideline of Evidence briefs for Policy (STEP), which will encompass a reporting checklist and a STEP statement and a user manual.

METHODS

We will refer to and adapt the methods recommended by the EQUATOR (Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research) network. The key actions include: (1) developing a protocol; (2) establishing an international multidisciplinary STEP working group (consisting of a Coordination Team and a Delphi Panel); (3) generating an initial draft of the potential items for the STEP reporting checklist through a comprehensive review of EBP-related literature and documents; (4) conducting a modified Delphi process to select and refine the reporting checklist; (5) using the STEP to evaluate published policy briefs in different countries; (6) finalizing the checklist; (7) developing the STEP statement and the user manual (8) translating the STEP into different languages; and (9) testing the reliability through real world use.

DISCUSSION

Our protocol describes the development process for STEP. It will directly address what and how information should be reported in EBP and contribute to improving their quality. The decision-makers, researchers, journal editors, evaluators, and other stakeholders who support evidence-informed policymaking through the use of mechanisms like EBP will benefit from the STEP. Registration We registered the protocol on the EQUATOR network. ( https://www.equator-network.org/library/reporting-guidelines-under-development/#84 ).

摘要

背景

证据简文为政策（EBP）利用最佳现有数据和研究证据（例如系统评价），帮助澄清政策问题，为解决这些问题提供选择，并为特定背景下的政策制定者确定实施考虑因素。越来越多的政府、非政府组织和研究小组一直在就各种主题制定 EBP。然而，由于缺乏国际公认的标准报告指南，EBP 的报告特征因组织而异。本项目旨在制定 STandard 报告指南 Evidence briefs for Policy（STEP），该指南将包括报告清单、STEP 声明和用户手册。

方法

我们将参考并采用 EQUATOR（提高卫生研究质量和透明度）网络推荐的方法。关键行动包括：（1）制定方案；（2）建立一个国际多学科 STEP 工作组（由协调小组和德尔菲小组组成）；（3）通过全面审查 EBP 相关文献和文件，生成 STEP 报告清单的潜在项目初始草案；（4）进行修改后的德尔菲过程，以选择和完善报告清单；（5）使用 STEP 评估不同国家发布的政策简文；（6）确定清单；（7）制定 STEP 声明和用户手册；（8）将 STEP 翻译成不同语言；（9）通过实际使用测试可靠性。

讨论

我们的方案描述了 STEP 的开发过程。它将直接解决 EBP 中应报告哪些信息以及如何报告信息的问题，并有助于提高其质量。通过使用 EBP 等机制支持循证决策的决策者、研究人员、期刊编辑、评估人员和其他利益相关者将受益于 STEP。注册我们在 EQUATOR 网络上注册了该方案。（https://www.equator-network.org/library/reporting-guidelines-under-development/#84）。