Skip to main content

Table 5 Knowledge brokers' responses to survey questions

From: Deconstructing knowledge brokering for commissioned rapid reviews: an observational study

KBSa No.

Did the KBS change your understanding of the problem?

Was this change in understanding important?

Did the KBS change the way the research question was specified?

Was this change in research question important?

Was the information needed to target the review to the policy-makers’ needs elicited in the session?

Overall, did you find the KBS valuable?

Question 2

Question 3

Question 4

Question 5

Question 6

Question 7

Yes, a lot

Yes, a little

No, not at all

Don’t know

Yes, a lot

Yes, a little

No, not at all

Don’t know

Yes, a lot

Yes, a little

No, not at all

Don’t know

Yes, a lot

Yes, a little

No, not at all

Don’t know

Yes, a lot

Yes, a little

No, not at all

Don’t know

Yes, a lot

Yes, a little

No, not at all

Don’t know

1

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

2

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

5

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

6

0

0

1

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

7ab

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

7bb

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

7cb

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

8

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

9

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

10

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

14

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

n

5

5

1

0

9

2

0

0

4

7

0

0

6

5

0

0

7

3

1

0

9

1

1

0

%

45

45

9

0

82

18

0

0

36

64

0

0

55

45

0

0

64

27

9

0

82

9

9

0

  1. aKBS knowledge brokering session
  2. bIn this session, three related rapid reviews were knowledge brokered and the broker provided responses for each one