About the Authors

Mengqi Li

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

m.li10@universityofgalway.ie

Affiliations Centre for Health Research Methods, School of Nursing & Midwifery, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland, Health Research Board – Trials Methodology Research Network (HRB-TMRN), University of Galway, Galway, Ireland

Marie Tierney

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Discipline of Physiotherapy, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin.

Affiliations Centre for Health Research Methods, School of Nursing & Midwifery, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland, Health Research Board – Trials Methodology Research Network (HRB-TMRN), University of Galway, Galway, Ireland, Evidence Synthesis Ireland and Cochrane Ireland, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland

Claire Beecher

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Health Research Methods, School of Nursing & Midwifery, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland, Health Research Board – Trials Methodology Research Network (HRB-TMRN), University of Galway, Galway, Ireland, Evidence Synthesis Ireland and Cochrane Ireland, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland

Maura Dowling

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Nursing & Midwifery, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland

Austin G. Duffy

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Caitriona Duggan

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Nursing & Midwifery, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland, Department of Oncology, Portiuncula University Hospital, Galway, Ireland

David Robert Grimes

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Biostatistics Unit, Discipline of Public Health and Primary Care, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Avril Kennan

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Research Charities Ireland (HRCI), Dublin, Ireland

Claire Kilty

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Irish Cancer Society, Dublin, Ireland

Allen Nsangi

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Andrew D. Oxman

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Epidemic Interventions Research, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway

Derek C. Stewart

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Evidence Synthesis Ireland and Cochrane Ireland, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland, College of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland

Elaine Toomey

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Nursing & Midwifery, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland

Declan Devane

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Health Research Methods, School of Nursing & Midwifery, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland, Health Research Board – Trials Methodology Research Network (HRB-TMRN), University of Galway, Galway, Ireland, Evidence Synthesis Ireland and Cochrane Ireland, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.