Choose your shortcuts wisely: COVID-19 rapid reviews of traditional, complementary and integrative medicine

Jennifer Hunter; Susan Arentz; Joshua Goldenberg; Guoyan Yang; Jennifer Beardsley; Myeong Soo Lee; Stephen P Myers

doi:10.1016/j.imr.2020.100484

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Choose your shortcuts wisely: COVID-19 rapid reviews of traditional, complementary and integrative medicine

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Choose your shortcuts wisely: COVID-19 rapid reviews of traditional, complementary and integrative medicine

Jennifer Hunter, Susan Arentz, Joshua Goldenberg, Guoyan Yang, Jennifer Beardsley, Myeong Soo Lee and Stephen P Myers

Integrative Medicine Research, Vol.9(3), pp.100484-100484

09/2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imr.2020.100484

PMID: 32837904

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Rapid review

Systematic review

SARS-CoV-2

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Evidence synthesis

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an explosion of rapid reviews geared towards providing time sensitive answers for clinical and policy decision-makers. Rapid reviews (RRs) strike a balance between rigour and rapidity to minimise bias and optimise transparency within specified constraints. Methods: This review article appraised the methods and reporting standards of a convenience sample of RR protocols and RRs of COVID-19 clinical management questions, published in the first six-months of 2020. Inclusion criteria were all RR protocols evaluating traditional, complementary, and integrative medicine (TCIM) registered on PROSPERO, and all RRs indexed on PubMed or published on the Oxford COVID-19 Evidence Service. A purpose-specific 9-item reporting checklist reflecting recommended minimum requirements for RRs was applied. Findings were synthesised and narrated in the context of methodological considerations for conducting and reporting RRs of TCIM. Results: Included studies were five RR protocols of TCIM and 16 RRs, of which five considered TCIM. Wide variations in RR methods were proposed or applied, as were the reporting standards. All five RRs that evaluated TCIM had the lowest reporting standards that limited reproducibility and transparency. Despite accepted recommendations, most RRs did not publish a protocol. Conclusions: We propose that specific research disciplines, such as TCIM, have a uniqueness that may lead to unacceptable outputs if minimum methodological standards are not applied. The recommended minimum requirements will optimise the credibility of rapid reviews of TCIM and limit the risk of prematurely disregarding a potentially effective intervention.

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Title: Choose your shortcuts wisely: COVID-19 rapid reviews of traditional, complementary and integrative medicine
Creators: Jennifer Hunter (Author) - NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia
Susan Arentz (Author) - NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia
Joshua Goldenberg (Author) - Helfgott Research Institute, National University of Natural Medicine, Portland, USA
Guoyan Yang (Author) - NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia
Jennifer Beardsley (Author)
Myeong Soo Lee (Author) - Clinical Medicine Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
Stephen P Myers (Author) - Southern Cross University
Publication Details: Integrative Medicine Research, Vol.9(3), pp.100484-100484
Publisher: Elsevier B.V
Identifiers: 991012925664302368
Academic Unit: Office of Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

Choose your shortcuts wisely: COVID-19 rapid reviews of traditional, complementary and integrative medicine

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