scholarly journals Doping Prevalence in Competitive Sport: Evidence Synthesis with “Best Practice” Recommendations and Reporting Guidelines from the WADA Working Group on Doping Prevalence

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Gleaves ◽  
Andrea Petróczi ◽  
Dirk Folkerts ◽  
Olivier de Hon ◽  
Emmanuel Macedo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Working Group ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Evidence Synthesis ◽  
Reporting Guidelines ◽  
Competitive Sport ◽  
Practice Recommendations

scholarly journals Doping prevalence in competitive sport: Evidence synthesis with “best practice” recommendations and reporting guidelines from the WADA Working Group on Doping Prevalence

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Gleaves ◽  
Andrea Petroczi ◽  
Dirk Folkerts ◽  
Olivier de Hon ◽  
Emmanuel Macedo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Evidence Synthesis ◽  
Reporting Guidelines ◽  
Assessment Criteria ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Competitive Sport ◽  
Practice Recommendations ◽  
Doping Behavior ◽  
Meta Analyses

The primary aim of this subject- wide systematic review was to collate and synthesize evidence on doping prevalence from published scientific papers. Secondary aims involved reviewing the reporting accuracy and data quality as evidence for doping behavior to (1) develop quality and bias assessment criteria to facilitate future systematic reviews; and (2) establish recommendations for reporting future research on doping behavior in competitive sports to facilitate better meta-analyses of doping behavior. Using PRISMA guidelines, 105 studies, published between 1975 and 2019, were included. To determine prevalence, the majority (89/205 studies) used self-reported surveys. Doping prevalence rates in competitive sport ranged from 0% to 73% for doping behavior with most falling under 5%. Inconsistencies in data reporting prevented meta-analysis for sport, gender, region, or competition level. Qualitative syntheses were possible and provided for study type, gender, and geographical region. Current knowledge about doping prevalence in competitive sport relies upon weak and disparate evidence. To address this, we offer a comprehensive set of assessment criteria for studies examining doping behavior data as evidence for doping prevalence. To facilitate future evidence syntheses and meta-analyses, we also put forward “best practice” recommendations and reporting guidelines that will improve evidence quality.

Rules for the Rulemakers

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Beck
Keyword(s):  
Working Group ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Guidance Document ◽  
Practice Recommendations ◽  
The Way

Maximal flexibility of rules, or ease of reuse — choose one. The tighter the rules, the more consistent documents will be and the easier it will be to reuse them, but only if the rules are reasonable enough to be adopted. (If all the data creators ignore the rules, reuse doesn’t get easier.) JATS4R (JATS for Reuse) is a NISO working group devoted to optimizing the reusability of scholarly content by developing best-practice recommendations for tagging content in JATS XML. The group has devoted particular attention to the flexibility/reuse tradeoff for rules on attribute use and controlled values, and we eventually decided that we needed some rules for ourselves, on how to write rules for attributes in our recommendations. In the process of developing our guidance document for writing rules for attribute values in our recommendations, we learned (or at least articulated) some things along the way.

scholarly journals Best Practice Guideline – DEGUM Recommendations on Breast Ultrasound – Part I – Examination technique, DEGUM ultrasound criteria, and documentation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Werner Bader ◽  
Claudia Maria Vogel-Minea ◽  
Jens-Uwe Blohmer ◽  
Volker Duda ◽  
Christian Eichler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Practice Guideline ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Interdisciplinary Communication ◽  
German Society ◽  
Breast Ultrasound ◽  
Practice Recommendations ◽  
Expert Working Group ◽  
A Current

AbstractFor many years, breast ultrasound has been used in addition to mammography as an important method for clarifying breast findings. However, differences in the interpretation of findings continue to be problematic 1 2. These differences decrease the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound after detection of a finding and complicate interdisciplinary communication and the comparison of scientific studies 3. In 1999, the American College of Radiology (ACR) created a working group (International Expert Working Group) that developed a classification system for ultrasound examinations based on the established BI-RADS classification of mammographic findings under consideration of literature data 4. Due to differences in content, the German Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (DEGUM) published its own BI-RADS-analogue criteria catalog in 2006 3. In addition to the persistence of differences in content, there is also an issue with formal licensing with the current 5th edition of the ACR BI-RADS catalog, even though the content is recognized by the DEGUM as another system for describing and documenting findings. The goal of the Best Practice Guideline of the Breast Ultrasound Working Group of the DEGUM is to provide colleagues specialized in senology with a current catalog of ultrasound criteria and assessment categories as well as best practice recommendations for the various ultrasound modalities.

Illuminating the decision-making strategies of anesthesia providers in challenging cases

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 653-657
Author(s):  
Joshua Biro ◽  
David M. Neyens ◽  
Candace Jaruzel ◽  
Catherine D. Tobin ◽  
Myrtede Alfred ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Medication Errors ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Practice Recommendations ◽  
Medication Delivery ◽  
Anesthesia Providers ◽  
Healthcare Work ◽  
Realistic View

Medication errors and error-related scenarios in anesthesia remain an important area of research. Interventions and best practice recommendations in anesthesia are often based in the work-as-imagined healthcare system, remaining under-used due to a range of unforeseen complexities in healthcare work-as- done. In order to design adaptable anesthesia medication delivery systems, a better understanding of clinical cognition within the context of anesthesia work is needed. Fourteen interviews probing anesthesia providers’ decision making were performed. The results revealed three overarching themes: (1) anesthesia providers find cases challenging when they have incomplete information, (2) decision-making begins with information seeking, and (3) attributes such as expertise, experience, and work environment influence anesthesia providers’ information seeking and synthesis of tasks. These themes and the context within this data help create a more realistic view of work-as-done and generate insights into what potential medication error reducing interventions should look to avoid and what they could help facilitate.

scholarly journals Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations: Secondary Prevention of Stroke Update 2020

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-69
Author(s):  
David J. Gladstone ◽  
M. Patrice Lindsay ◽  
James Douketis ◽  
Eric E Smith ◽  
Dar Dowlatshahi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Prevention ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Practice Recommendations

Best Practice Recommendations for Optimizing Care in Structural Heart Programs: Planning Efficient and Resource Leveraging Systems (PEARLS)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth M. Perpetua ◽  
Kimberly A. Guibone ◽  
Patricia A. Keegan ◽  
Roseanne Palmer ◽  
Martina K. Speight ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
Practice Recommendations ◽  
Resource Leveraging

scholarly journals A more comprehensive approach offering instruments in one portal to facilitate higher uptake

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
C Rossmann ◽  
F De Bock
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Evidence Synthesis ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Community Setting ◽  
Comprehensive Approach ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Assessment Instruments ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Activity Promotion

Abstract The good practice portal of the Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA) consists of a nationwide collection of projects and interventions to promote the health of socially disadvantaged groups at community/setting level. An exchange platform (inforo) is also offered via the operating agency, although its use is still limited. The results of the evaluation of the platform suggest that the provision of practical projects and exchange of knowledge alone is not sufficient to support policy makers and practitioners who want to promote health in the community/setting. There is a need for advice on needs assessment, selection and appropriate implementation of health promotion measures. A comprehensive approach currently being tested in the field of activity promotion for older people is the provision of a web-based “toolbox” comprising the following tools: assessment instruments for analysing the need for health promotion measures, a user-friendly intervention/project database and broader evidence synthesis documents, as well as information on project management (organisational, legal, financial). Following the example of other best practice portals, a ranking methodology was developed to make the level of effectiveness of interventions visible and the evaluation requirements transparent. Evidence synthesis documents provide an entry point to learn more generally what works in a particular area of health promotion. In order to make the “toolbox” accessible to policy-makers and practitioners, information from previous studies was used in the development with regard to content and graphical presentation. BZgA is currently working on integrating evidence into the good practice portal. The evaluation of the toolbox in a small area of health promotion will provide initial insights into the inclusion of evidence and its added value. This presentation will conclude with a discussion of possibilities for improvement, challenges and limitations of this approach.

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