Systematic Scoping Reviews
Megan O’Brien, PhD, MPH
Glen White, PhD
Amalia Monroe-Gulick, MLS
Dot Nary, PhD
Sasha Li, BA
Advisory Panel: Jana Peterson, PhD, MPH, Jean
Ann Summers, PhD, John Westbrook, PhD,
Marsha Katz, MSEd, and Tom Seekins, PhD
Systematic Scoping Reviews – Why?
“It is important not only that we know what we know,
but that we know what we do not know” – (Lao-Tze, Chinese
Philosopher)
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Information overload
Identify areas of uncertainty
Identify areas where new research is needed
Systematic and rigorous – reduce bias, cherry picking to make a case
SSR compared to SR
• Familiar with “systematic reviews”
– Campbell and Cochrane Collaborations
• Meta-analyses
• Purpose:
– Effectiveness of specific intervention
Parent Training for Intellectually Disabled Parents
– Influence of a specific variable on an outcomes
Vitamin C on the common cold
SSR Compared to SR
Systematic Scoping Review
Systematic Review
Original
Research
SSR –Disparities in Clinical Preventive
Service Utilization
• Key question:
– What English-language studies, conducted in the U.S. and
presenting original analyses, have been published in the peerreviewed literature from 2000 – 2009 that examine clinical
preventive service use disparities among subgroups of people
with disabilities ages 18-64?
• SSR2 extension added years 2010-2011 to keep current
Articles Examining Disparities in CPS Use
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CPS
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Disparities Examined
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Disparity
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Implications
• Lack of CPSs among people with disabilities is
established. Clinicians and advocates must be
familiar with CPSs and disparities in utilization.
• Research tends to focus on certain CPS.
• Need for research on other CPS and disparities
in utilization within the population
SSR – Risk Factors for
Institutionalization
• Key question:
– What peer-reviewed, English-language studies that include
working age (18-64 years) U.S. population have been published
from 2001 – 2011 that focus on risk factors for institutionalization
(i.e., nursing homes, group homes and similar congregate living
facilities) among people with disabilities ages 18-64?
Results and Lessons Learned So far
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Mostly psychiatric
Defining terms: institutionalization
Using “pre-screen”
Studies not designed to identify risk factors
Importance of the librarian
Importance of a Librarian
• Embedded librarianship integrates librarians into university research
missions.
• Contribute to knowledge creation using specialized knowledge and skills
– Literature searching
• Translate operational definitions of concepts/topics into robust search strategies
– Database context, searching features (keywords, MESH terms,
wildcard operators).
– Interface upgrades, database platforms change over time
– Selecting most appropriate database
Implications
• Great need for studies in this area
• SSRs require an embedded librarian approach
– not just support