Carole Lunny
University of British Columbia
60 Papers
102 Citations
Carole Lunny is an academic researcher from University of British Columbia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Systematic review. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 37 publications. Previous affiliations of Carole Lunny include Cochrane Collaboration & BC Centre for Disease Control.
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Papers
Reporting guideline for overviews of reviews of healthcare interventions: development of the PRIOR statement
Michelle Gates,Allison Gates,Dawid Pieper,Ricardo M. Fernandes,Andrea C. Tricco,David Moher,Sue E. Brennan,Tianjing Li,Michelle Pollock,Carole Lunny,Dino Sepúlveda,Joanne E. McKenzie,Shannon D. Scott,Karen A. Robinson,K. Matthias,Konstantinos I. Bougioukas,Paolo Fusar-Poli,Penny Whiting,S. J. Moss,Lisa Hartling +19 more
TL;DR: The final checklist includes 27 main items (with 19 sub-items) across all stages of an overview of reviews, which will allow readers to assess the methods used in overviews of reviews of healthcare interventions and understand the trustworthiness and applicability of their findings.
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Self-Collected versus Clinician-Collected Sampling for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Screening: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis
Carole Lunny,Darlene Taylor,Linda Hoang,Tom Wong,Mark Gilbert,Richard T. Lester,Mel Krajden,Gina Ogilvie +7 more
TL;DR: The sensitivity and specificity of vaginal self-collected swabs compared to swabs collected by clinicians supports the use of vaginal swab as the recommended specimen of choice in home-based screening for chlamydia and gonorrhea.
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Managing overlap of primary study results across systematic reviews: practical considerations for authors of overviews of reviews
TL;DR: There is currently no standard methodological approach to deal with overlap in primary studies across reviews and the level of complexity when dealing with overlap can vary depending on the yield, trends and patterns of the included literature and the scope of the overview question.
Toward a comprehensive evidence map of overview of systematic review methods: Paper 1-purpose, eligibility, search and data extraction
TL;DR: Gaps in the evaluation of methods were found for the majority of steps in the framework of methods and more empirical studies are needed to evaluate the methods outlined and provide a comprehensive evidence map.
Toward a comprehensive evidence map of overview of systematic review methods: paper 2—risk of bias assessment; synthesis, presentation and summary of the findings; and assessment of the certainty of the evidence
TL;DR: This paper reports the remaining steps: assessing risk of bias; synthesis, presentation and summary of the findings; and assessing certainty of the evidence arising from the overview, to create an evidence map of the methods used in overviews.