Experiences of living with long COVID and of accessing healthcare services: a qualitative systematic review.

Objective: To explore the experiences of people living with long COVID and how they perceive the healthcare services available to them.

Design: Qualitative systematic review.

Data Sources: Electronic literature searches of websites, bibliographic databases and discussion forums, including PubMed LitCovid, Proquest COVID, EPPI Centre living systematic map of evidence, medRxiv, bioRxiv, Medline, Psychinfo and Web of Science Core Collection were conducted to identify qualitative literature published in English up to 13 January 2021.

Safety and efficacy of de-labelling penicillin allergy in adults using direct oral challenge: a systematic review.

Background: Approximately 10% of people have an unverified penicillin allergy, with multiple personal and public health consequences.

Objectives: To assess the efficacy and safety of direct oral challenge, without prior skin testing, in this population.

Methods: MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, the Cochrane Library and Google Scholar were searched from inception to 28 June 2020 (updated November 2020) to find published and unpublished studies that reported direct oral challenge for the purpose of removal of penicillin allergy labels.

Assessing the performance of methodological search filters to improve the efficiency of evidence information retrieval: five literature reviews and a qualitative study.

Background: Effective study identification is essential for conducting health research, developing clinical guidance and health policy and supporting health-care decision-making. Methodological search filters (combinations of search terms to capture a specific study design) can assist in searching to achieve this.

Objectives: This project investigated the methods used to assess the performance of methodological search filters, the information that searchers require when choosing search filters and how that information could be better provided.

Placing the patient at the centre of chronic wound care: A qualitative evidence synthesis.

Background: Chronic wounds are a major health burden and have a severe impact on well-being. This synthesis of qualitative studies was undertaken to inform a health technology assessment of antimicrobial wound dressings. It aimed to explore patients' experiences of chronic wounds and determine improvements for clinical practice.

Patient and public attitudes to and awareness of clinical practice guidelines: a systematic review with thematic and narrative syntheses.

Background: Clinical practice guidelines are typically written for healthcare providers but there is increasing interest in producing versions for the public, patients and carers. The main objective of this review is to identify and synthesise evidence of the public's attitudes towards clinical practice guidelines and evidence-based recommendations written for providers or the public, together with their awareness of guidelines.

Methods: We included quantitative and qualitative studies of any design reporting on public, patient (and their carers) attitudes and awareness of guidelines written for providers or patients/public.

Choosing and using methodological search filters: searchers' views.

Background: Search filters or hedges are search strategies developed to assist information specialists and librarians to retrieve different types of evidence from bibliographic databases. The objectives of this project were to learn about searchers' filter use, how searchers choose search filters and what information they would like to receive to inform their choices.

Methods: Interviews with information specialists working in, or for, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) were conducted.