Evidence pre-screening tool Instructions The purpose of this form is to assess if research findings have sufficient strength of evidence and relevance to primary care practices. You can use this with study abstracts or a full text description if the abstract is missing or does not contain enough information to answer the questions below. We recommend review by a staff person trained in reading clinical research articles in consultation with a primary care clinician who can provide input on whether a study’s topic and setting are relevant to primary care practice. Study type (level of evidence). ☐ ☐ Randomized Controlled Trial Longitudinal cohort study Note, additional assessment of ☐ ☐ Systematic review Other study quality is recommended. ☐ Unsure ☐ ☐ Significance: Are the patient or Yes No operational outcomes (positive ☐ Unsure (either you can’t tell or negative) statistically at all or mixed results) significant? Relevance: Are the outcomes a ☐ ☐ Yes No common or serious problem in ☐ Unsure primary care (illness burden)? Full-text review? SELECT IF ALL ROWS ABOVE ARE SELECT IF ANY ROWS ABOVE CHECKED ARE CHECKED ☐ ☐ Yes No Additional tracking information for reference Setting: Was the ☐ ☐ Yes No study/innovation conducted in a ☐ Unsure primary care setting? Condition: What underlying Condition 1: ☐ N/A condition was addressed? Select Condition 2: from the list below. If there is a condition that you think is Condition free text: relevant but is not on the list,
Evidence pre-screening tool Instructions The purpose of this form is to assess if research findings have sufficient strength of evidence and relevance to primary care practices. You can use this with study abstracts or a full text description if the abstract is missing or does not contain enough information to answer the questions below. We recommend review by a staff person trained in reading clinical research articles in consultation with a primary care clinician who can provide input on whether a study’s topic and setting are relevant to primary care practice. Study type (level of evidence). Note, additional assessment of study quality is recommended. ☐ Randomized Controlled Trial ☐ Systematic review ☐ Unsure ☐ Longitudinal cohort study ☐ Other Significance: Are the patient or operational outcomes (positive or negative) statistically significant? ☐ Yes ☐ Unsure (either you can’t tell at all or mixed results) ☐ No Relevance: Are the outcomes a common or serious problem in primary care (illness burden)? ☐ Yes ☐ Unsure ☐ No Full-text review? SELECT IF ALL ROWS ABOVE ARE CHECKED ☐ Yes SELECT IF ANY ROWS ABOVE ARE CHECKED ☐ No Additional tracking information for reference Setting: Was the study/innovation conducted in a primary care setting? ☐ Yes ☐ Unsure ☐ No Condition: What underlying condition was addressed? Select from the list below. If there is a condition that you think is relevant but is not on the list, Condition 1: Condition 2: Condition free text: ☐ N/A
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