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Cochrane corner
The Cochrane Injuries Group celebrates the publication of its 100th review: time to reflect on impact
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  1. F Bunn
  1. University of Hertfordshire, Centre for Research in Primary & Community Care, UK
  1. Correspondence to F Bunn, University of Hertfordshire, Centre for Research in Primary & Community Care, College Lane, Hatfield AL10 9AB, UK; f.bunn{at}herts.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/ip.2010.027136

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    In Issue 5, 2010 of the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, the Cochrane Injuries Group (CIG) published its 100th systematic review. Such a milestone provides a good opportunity to reflect on the ways in which the Group's output may have influenced clinical practice, healthcare policy, and research since its inception in 1997.

    Cochrane systematic reviews should be uniquely placed to influence policy, practice, and research as they provide a comprehensive critical summary of what is known about effectiveness on a given topic. In addition, Cochrane reviews are periodically updated in light of new evidence. Yet, it has long been recognised that the relationship between research and policy or practice is a complex one1; and that research may not always have the impact that researchers desire.2 One reason for this is that research evidence is only one factor in shaping policy and practice. Decision makers are subject to many different influences including political imperatives, the media, non-research evidence, and powerful lobbying groups such as industry.3 4 However, despite these potential barriers there is a clear indication that CIG reviews have had a demonstrable impact on policy and practice. The examples presented here have been generated through …

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