Molly K Downey, Lisa D Bishop, Jennifer R Donnan, Emily C Rowe, Nick Harris
A survey of educator perspectives toward teaching harm reduction cannabis education
PloS one
objective review estimate quality systematic reviews evidencebased practice measures across health care professions identify differences systematic reviews regarding approaches used assess adequacy evidencebased practice measures recommended measures systematic reviews psychometric properties evidencebased practice measures guide researchers clinical managers educators selecting appropriate measure use lack psychometric standards specific evidencebased practice measures addition recent findings suggesting low methodological quality psychometric systematic reviews calls question quality methods systematic reviews examining evidencebased practice measures included systematic reviews identified measures assessed evidencebased practice whole constituent parts eg knowledge attitudes skills behaviors described psychometric evidence health care professional group irrespective assessment context education clinical practice searched five databases medline embase cinahl psycinfo eric january 18 2021 two independent reviewers conducted screening data extraction quality appraisal following jbi approach narrative synthesis performed ten systematic reviews published 2006 2020 included focused following groups health care professionals n 3 nurses n 2 occupational therapists n 2 physical therapists n 1 medical students n 1 family medicine residents n 1 overall quality systematic reviews low none reviews assessed quality primary studies adhered methodological guidelines one registered protocol reporting psychometric evidence measurement characteristics differed systematic reviews discussed internal consistency feasibility addressed three many approaches used assess adequacy measures five systematic reviews referenced tools criteria adequacy individual properties measures varied mainly followed standards patientreported outcome measures standards educational psychological testing 204 unique measures identified across 10 reviews one review explicitly recommended measures occupational therapists three reviews identified adequate measures health care professionals one review identified measures medical students 27 measures deemed adequate five systematic reviews described results suggest need improve overall methodological quality reporting systematic reviews evidencebased practice measures increase trustworthiness recommendations allow comprehensive interpretation end users risk bias common included systematic reviews quality primary studies assessed diversity tools approaches used evaluate adequacy evidencebased practice measures reflects tensions regarding conceptualization validity suggesting need reflect appropriate application validity theory evidencebased practice measures prospero crd42020160874