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Evidence-Based Policy Making during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: A Systematic Review

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2023

Shinpei Matsuda Open the ORCID record for Shinpei Matsuda [Opens in a new window]  and
Hitoshi Yoshimura
Shinpei Matsuda*
Affiliation:
Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Unit of Sensory and Locomotor Medicine, Division of Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
Hitoshi Yoshimura
Affiliation:
Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Unit of Sensory and Locomotor Medicine, Division of Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
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Correspondence: Shinpei Matsuda Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery Unit of Sensory and Locomotor Medicine Division of Medicine Faculty of Medical Sciences University of Fukui 23-3 Matsuokashimoaizuki, Eiheiji-cho Yoshida-gun, Fukui 910-1193, Japan E-mail: shinpeim@u-fukui.ac.jp
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Abstract

Introduction:

The aim of this systematic review was to collect evidence and recommendations for the applicability of the concept of evidence-based policy making (EBPM) during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and to discuss the implementation of this concept from a medical science perspective.

Methods:

This study was performed according to the guidelines, checklist, and flow diagram of Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) 2020. An electronic literature search was conducted on September 20, 2022 using PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, and CINAHL databases with the following search terms: “evidence based policy making” and “infectious disease.” Study eligibility assessment was performed based on the flow diagram of PRISMA 2020, and risk of bias assessment was performed using The Critical Appraisal Skills Program.

Results:

Eleven eligible articles were included in this review and divided into three groups as follows: early, middle, and late stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Basics of COVID-19 control were suggested in the early stage. The articles published in the middle stage discussed the importance of the collection and analysis of evidence of COVID-19 from around the world for the establishment of EBPM in the COVID-19 pandemic. The articles published in the late stage discussed the collection of large amounts of high-quality data and the development of methods to analyze them, as well as emerging issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Conclusions:

This study revealed that the concept of EBPM applicable to emerging infectious disease pandemics changed between the early, middle, and late stages of the pandemic. The concept of EBPM will play an important role in medicine in the future.

Keywords

coronavirus disease 2019evidence-based policy makingpandemicsystematic review
Type
Systematic Review
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Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 38 , Issue 2 , April 2023 , pp. 247 - 251
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine

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