School of Nursing, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC, Canada.
Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
Front Public Health. 2024 Oct 11;12:1457591. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1457591. eCollection 2024.
Globally, there has been an increasing call for dissemination and implementation science to improve the health equity of older adults. However, improving the health equity of older adults requires methods that allow for an in-depth understanding of the existing research. While the value of review articles is widely recognized, the value of publishing review protocols is an emerging paradigm with great potential to advance implementation science and aging research. In this article, we propose that prior to review articles, review protocols are necessary as they provide a clear and comprehensive search strategy, which greatly enhances the quality and rigor of reviews. More specifically, we argue that review protocols are indispensable because they support: (1) a clearly defined and comprehensive search methodology; (2) reviewer feedback to mitigate potential issues; and (3) registration to reduce risk of research replication. Additionally, we propose three strategies to accelerate review protocols in implementation science to support older adults' health equity.
在全球范围内，越来越多的人呼吁传播和实施科学，以提高老年人的健康公平性。然而，要提高老年人的健康公平性，需要采用能够深入了解现有研究的方法。虽然综述文章的价值得到了广泛认可，但发表综述方案的价值是一个新兴的范例，具有极大的潜力来推进实施科学和老龄化研究。在本文中，我们提出，在综述文章之前，综述方案是必要的，因为它们提供了明确和全面的搜索策略，极大地提高了综述的质量和严谨性。更具体地说，我们认为综述方案是不可或缺的，因为它们支持：(1) 明确和全面的搜索方法；(2) 评论者的反馈以减轻潜在问题；和(3) 注册以减少研究重复的风险。此外，我们提出了在实施科学中加速综述方案的三个策略，以支持老年人的健康公平性。
