Systematic reviews need to consider applicability to disadvantaged populations: inter-rater agreement for a health equity plausibility algorithm

Systematic reviews need to consider applicability to disadvantaged populations: inter-rater agreement for a health equity plausibility algorithm

BACKGROUND Systematic reviews have been challenged to consider effects on disadvantaged groups. A priori specification of subgroup analyses is recommended to increase the credibility of these analyses. This study aimed to develop and assess inter-rater agreement for an algorithm for systematic review authors to predict whether differences in effect measures are likely for disadvantaged populati...

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Disseminating evidence-based interventions to new populations: a systematic approach to consider the need for adaptation

Problem Audience segmentation or targeting interventions towards population subgroups, such as ethnic or racial groups, is hypothesized to increase the likelihood of intervention’s relevancy and effectiveness on promoting health behaviors. Therefore, evidence-based interventions (EBIs) developed for a population other than the one of interest are often considered as non-relevant, hindering diss...

Barriers to and Facilitators of Outpatient Health Services Utilization by Older Adults: A Systematic Reviews

Introduction: Increasing care needs for the elderly are of concern in different countries, especially in countries where their population is aging. It is important to understand the factors that influence the use of health services in the elderly for health policy making in identifying potential problems and developing appropriate interventions to improve their utilization and increase access. ...

Inter-rater Agreement on Sentence Formality

Formality is one of the most important dimensions of writing style variation. In this study we conducted an inter-rater reliability experiment for assessing sentence formality on a five-point Likert scale, and obtained good agreement results as well as different rating distributions for different sentence categories. We also performed a difficulty analysis to identify the bottlenecks of our rat...