Table 3 TRANSFER Approach in the systematic review process – overview of relevant people and components involved in each stage
From: The TRANSFER Approach for assessing the transferability of systematic review findings
Relevant stages of the review process | People involved in each stage | Relevant TRANSFER component |
|---|---|---|
1. Establish the need for a systematic review | Stakeholders Review authors | Not applicable |
2. a. Collaborate with stakeholders to refine the review question b. Identify and prioritize TRANSFER factors c. Define the context specified in the review with respect to TRANSFER factors | Stakeholders Review authors | TRANSFER Guidance for review authors: a. PICO Template (Appendix 1) b. TRANSFER Conversation Guide (Appendix 2) c. TRANSFER Characteristics of context (Appendix 3) |
3. Conduct the systematic review | Review authors | Not applicable |
4. Compare the included studies to the context specified in the review (global and/or local) with respect to TRANSFER factors | Review authors | TRANSFER Guidance for review authors (TRANSFER table of included studies; Appendix 4) |
5. Assess the transferability of the review findings to the context specified in the review (global and/or local) | Review authors | TRANSFER Guidance for review authors (TRANSFER assessment template; Appendix 5) |
6. Apply GRADE for effectiveness or GRADE-CERQual to assess certainty/confidence in review findings | Review authors | TRANSFER Guidance for review authors (TRANSFER assessment template; Appendix 5) |
7. Discuss transferability of review findings | Stakeholders Review authors | Not applicable |