Rapid review methods more challenging during COVID-19: commentary with a focus on 8 knowledge synthesis steps

Affiliations

• ¹ Knowledge Translation Program, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, 209 Victoria Street, East Building, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1T8, Canada; Epidemiology Division, Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Institute for Health, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, 6th Floor, 155 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5T 3M7, Canada; Queen's Collaboration for Health Care Quality Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence, School of Nursing, Queen's University, 92 Barrie Street, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada. Electronic address: Andrea.Tricco@unityhealth.to.
• ² Knowledge Synthesis Group, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Co-Convenor, Cochrane Rapid Reviews Methods Group, 1053 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 4E9, Canada.
• ³ Maritime SPOR SUPPORT Unit, 5790 University Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 1V7, Canada.
• ⁴ JBI, School of Public Health, The University of Adelaide, Level 3/55 King William Street, Adelaide, Australia; Queens University, School of Nursing, 99 University Avenue, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada.
• ⁵ McMaster Health Forum, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, MML-417, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L6, Canada; Department of Health Evidence and Impact, McMaster University Medical Centre, 1280 Main St. West, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada; Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, McMaster University, CRL Building 282, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada.
• ⁶ School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Alta Vista Campus, 101-600 Peter Morand Crescent, Ottawa, Ontario K1G5Z3, Canada.
• ⁷ Centre for Evidence-based Health Care, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch Central, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
• ⁸ Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; University of Ottawa School of Epidemiology and Public Health, 1053 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 4E9, Canada.
• ⁹ Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3rd Floor, TRW Building, 3280 Hospital Dr NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N6, Canada.
• ¹⁰ Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health, 154 University Avenue, Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario M5H 3Y9, Canada; Sunnybrook Research Institute, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M4N 3M5, Canada; Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, 155 College St 4th Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5T 3M6, Canada.
• ¹¹ School of Nursing and Midwifery, National University of Ireland Galway, Evidence Synthesis Ireland, 26 Upper Newcastle, Galway, H91 E3YV Ireland.
• ¹² Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH), World Health Organization (WHO), 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.
• ¹³ George & Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, 367-753 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 0T6, Canada.
• ¹⁴ School of Nursing and Midwifery, National University of Ireland Galway, 26 Upper Newcastle, Galway, H91 E3YV Ireland.
• ¹⁵ Cochrane EPOC, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 4404, Nydalen, N-0403 Oslo, Norway.
• ¹⁶ Cardiovascular Research Methods Centre, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, 40 Ruskin Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 4W7, Canada; School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Alta Vista Campus, 101-600 Peter Morand Crescent, Ottawa, Ontario K1G5Z3, Canada.
• ¹⁷ Bruyère Research Institute, 85 Primrose Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K1R 6M1, Canada; School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, 75 Laurier Avenue E, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada.
• ¹⁸ VITAM Research Center in Sustainable Health, CIUSSS de la Capitale-Nationale, Department of Family and Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Ferdinand Vandry Pavillon, 1050 Avenue de la Médecine, Québec G1V 0A6, Canada.
• ¹⁹ Knowledge Translation Program, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, 209 Victoria Street, East Building, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1T8, Canada.
• ²⁰ Cochrane EPOC, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway and Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa.
• ²¹ Knowledge Translation Program, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, 209 Victoria Street, East Building, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1T8, Canada; Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Toronto, 27 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1, Canada.