Equity in evidence synthesis: You can't play on broken strings

Tamara Lotfi¹, Vivian Welch^{2

3}, Jordi P Pardo^{4

5}, Jennifer Petkovic^{2

6}, Shaun Treweek⁷, Andrea J Darzi^{1

8

9}, Rebecca Glover¹⁰, Declan Devane^{11

12}, Meera Viswanathan¹³, Lawrence Mbuagbaw^{1

9

14

15

16

17}, Kevin Pottie¹⁸, Elizabeth Kristjansson¹⁹, Shahab Sayfi¹, Lara Maxwell⁶, Olivia Magwood^{2

20}, Damian Francis²¹, Dru Riddle^{22

23}, Beverly Shea^{2

3}, Peter Tugwell^{3

24

25}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence & Impact McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada.
² Bruyere Research Institute Ottawa Ontario Canada.
³ School of Epidemiology and Public Health University of Ottawa Ottawa Ontario Canada.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine University of Ottawa Ottawa Ontario Canada.
⁵ Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Ottawa Ontario Canada.
⁶ Faculty of Medicine University of Ottawa Ottawa Ontario Canada.
⁷ Health Services Research Unit University of Aberdeen Aberdeen UK.
⁸ Michael G. DeGroote National Pain Center McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada.
⁹ Department of Anesthesia, Faculty of Health Sciences McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada.
¹⁰ Department of Health Services Research and Policy LSHTM London UK.
¹¹ School of Nursing and Midfwifery University of Galway Galway Ireland.
¹² Evidence Synthesis Ireland & Cochrane University of Galway Galway Ireland.
¹³ RTI International Durham North Carolina USA.
¹⁴ Department of Pediatrics McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada.
¹⁵ Biostatistics Unit, Father Sean O'Sullivan Research Centre, St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton Ontario Canada.
¹⁶ Centre for Development of Best Practices in Health (CDBPH), Yaoundé Central Hospital Yaoundé Cameroon.
¹⁷ Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Global Health Stellenbosch University Cape Town South Africa.
¹⁸ Research Chair in Family Medicine Dalhousie University Halifax Nova Scotia Canada.
¹⁹ School of Psychology University of Ottawa Ottawa Ontario Canada.
²⁰ Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences University of Ottawa Ottawa Ontario Canada.
²¹ School of Health and Human Performance, Center for Health and Social Issues, Georgia College Milledgeville Georgia USA.
²² Texas Christian University Fort Worth Texas USA.
²³ Cochrane US Network Portalnd Oregon USA.
²⁴ Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Bruyère Research Institute University of Ottawa Ottawa Ontario Canada.
²⁵ Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program Ottawa Ontario Canada.

PMID: 40475882
PMCID: PMC11795980
DOI: 10.1002/cesm.12091

Equity in evidence synthesis: You can't play on broken strings

Tamara Lotfi et al. Cochrane Evid Synth Methods. 2024.

. 2024 Jun 18;2(6):e12091.

doi: 10.1002/cesm.12091. eCollection 2024 Jun.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence & Impact McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada.
² Bruyere Research Institute Ottawa Ontario Canada.
³ School of Epidemiology and Public Health University of Ottawa Ottawa Ontario Canada.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine University of Ottawa Ottawa Ontario Canada.
⁵ Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Ottawa Ontario Canada.
⁶ Faculty of Medicine University of Ottawa Ottawa Ontario Canada.
⁷ Health Services Research Unit University of Aberdeen Aberdeen UK.
⁸ Michael G. DeGroote National Pain Center McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada.
⁹ Department of Anesthesia, Faculty of Health Sciences McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada.
¹⁰ Department of Health Services Research and Policy LSHTM London UK.
¹¹ School of Nursing and Midfwifery University of Galway Galway Ireland.
¹² Evidence Synthesis Ireland & Cochrane University of Galway Galway Ireland.
¹³ RTI International Durham North Carolina USA.
¹⁴ Department of Pediatrics McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada.
¹⁵ Biostatistics Unit, Father Sean O'Sullivan Research Centre, St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton Ontario Canada.
¹⁶ Centre for Development of Best Practices in Health (CDBPH), Yaoundé Central Hospital Yaoundé Cameroon.
¹⁷ Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Global Health Stellenbosch University Cape Town South Africa.
¹⁸ Research Chair in Family Medicine Dalhousie University Halifax Nova Scotia Canada.
¹⁹ School of Psychology University of Ottawa Ottawa Ontario Canada.
²⁰ Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences University of Ottawa Ottawa Ontario Canada.
²¹ School of Health and Human Performance, Center for Health and Social Issues, Georgia College Milledgeville Georgia USA.
²² Texas Christian University Fort Worth Texas USA.
²³ Cochrane US Network Portalnd Oregon USA.
²⁴ Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Bruyère Research Institute University of Ottawa Ottawa Ontario Canada.
²⁵ Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program Ottawa Ontario Canada.

PMID: 40475882
PMCID: PMC11795980
DOI: 10.1002/cesm.12091

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Conflict of interest statement

JPP is a member of the Cochrane Governing Board. The remaining authors declare no conflict of interest.

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