selected Research & Publications

UMBRELLA REVIEWS

The study titled „Data analysis and presentation methods in umbrella reviews/overviews of reviews in health care: A cross-sectional study“ provides valuable insights into the methodologies, methods, and characteristics of Umbrella Reviews (UR) within health care. The findings reveal a strong emphasis on synthesizing quantitative data, with a growing interest in integrating qualitative and mixed methods evidence.

JBI Umbrella reviews are a type of research study that synthesize findings from multiple systematic reviews on a specific topic. Methodological approaches for analyzing and presenting umbrella reviews results vary, and reviewers often adapt methods to align with research objectives. The study is available here.

QUALITATIVE SYSTEMATIC REVIEW - Inclusive education

Our research study analyses the experiences of students with physical disabilities in inclusive education and was published in the leading educational journal Educational Research Review.

“We systematically analyzed qualitative studies from different countries, and brought deep insight into the issue of how students with physical disabilities perceive and experience inclusion. We found that physical presence in school does not mean real involvement in education, nor does it provide a sense of belonging. Key factors for successful inclusion include teacher support, accessibility of the environment, and positive peer relationships,” says Dagmar Sedláčková from the EduArt team. “Our research underlines the need for quality teacher education focused on inclusive approaches and working with diversity. Another benefit is the emphasis on respecting the voice of the students themselves, which is often missing in practice,” she adds. The study can be downloaded here. It can be beneficial for teachers, researchers, and education policymakers, with the aim of developing inclusion more deeply and effectively. It enriches the discussion on inclusion and provides suggestions that could positively influence pedagogical practice.

systematic and Scoping reviews

1. ŠPINAROVÁ, G., SVOBODOVÁ, Z., RŮŽIČKOVÁ, V., POTMĚŠILOVÁ, P., VRBOVÁ, T., PERIMAL-LEWIS, L., POTMĚŠIL, M., MAREČKOVÁ, J., KANTOR, J. Arts therapies and people with visual impairment: A scoping review. Arts in Psychotherapy, 2025; 95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2025.102317

2. POTMĚŠILOVÁ, P., POTMĚŠIL, M., KLUGAR, M. The Difference in the Creativity of People Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and Those with Typical Hearing: A Scoping Review. Children, 2023, 10(8), 1383. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10081383

3. CAMPBELL, E.A., KANTOR, J., KANTOROVÁ, L., SVOBODOVÁ, Z., WOSCH, T. Tactile low frequency vibration in dementia management: A scoping review. Frontiers in Psychology. 2022; 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.854794

4. KANTOR, J., HLAVÁČKOVÁ, L., DU, J., DVOŘÁKOVÁ, P., SVOBODOVÁ, Z., KARASOVÁ, K., KANTOROVÁ, L. The Effects of Ayres Sensory Integration and Related Sensory Based Interventions in Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Scoping Review. Children, 2022; 9(4):483. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9040483

5. KANTOR, J., CAMPBELL, E.A., KANTOROVÁ, L., MAREČKOVÁ, J., REGEC, V., KARASOVÁ, K., SEDLÁČKOVÁ, D., KLUGAR, M. Exploring vibroacoustic therapy in adults experiencing pain: a scoping review. BMJ Open, 2022; 12, E046591. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046591

6. KANTOROVÁ, L., KANTOR, J., HOŘEJŠÍ, B., GILBOA, A., SVOBODOVÁ, Z., LIPSKÝ, M., MAREČKOVÁ, J., KLUGAR, M. Adaptation of Music Therapists’ Practice to the Outset of the COVID-19 Pandemic—Going Virtual: A Scoping Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021; 18 (10), 5138. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105138

7. SEDLÁČKOVÁ, D., et al.: The Experiences of Students with Physical Disabilities in Inclusive Education: A Qualitative Systematic Review. Educational Research Review. 49. 100715. 10.1016/j.edurev.2025.100715

protocols

1. KANTOR, J., SMRČKOVÁ, A., ZAMAN, M., BELKIN, L., ROZMARINOVÁ, J., SVOBODOVÁ, Z., SEDLÁČKOVÁ, D., KLUGAROVÁ, J. A qualitative systematic review protocol for a synthesis of teachers´ and learners´ experiences with the Teaching and Learning Toolkit. Frontiers in Education (early access).

2. BARANCOVÁ, K., KANTOR, J., FASNEROVÁ, M., SVOBODOVÁ, Z., KLUGAR, M. Protocol: the Impact of Integrated Thematic Instruction Model on Primary and Secondary School Students Compared to Standard Teaching: a Protocol of Systematic Review. Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2024; 20(4). https://doi.org/10.1002/cl2.70017

3. DU, J., LI, J., KANTOR, J., KABIRI, N., SVOBODOVÁ, Z., MUNN, Z. Experiences of mental health practitioners after clients´ suicide: a qualitative systematic review protocol. JBI Evidence Synthesis, 2024; 22(11): 2387-2393. https://doi.org/10.11124/JBIES-23-00495

4. KANTOR, J., LI, J., DU, J., SVOBODOVÁ, Z., KLUGAR, M., SALEHI-POURMEHR, H., HAMPTON, D., SMOLÍKOVÁ, M., KANTOROVÁ, L., MAREČKOVÁ, J., ZMEŠKALOVÁ, D., MUNN, Z. Impact of educational and psychological interventions compared with standard care in college/university students with autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review protocol. JBI Evidence Synthesis, 2023; 1,21(6):1299-1309. https://doi.org/10.11124/JBIES-22-00251.

5. POTMESILOVA, P., POTMESIL, M., MARECKOVA, J. PROTOCOL: Instruments for the evaluation of emotional intelligence in persons with hearing impairments: A scoping review. Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2022, 18.3: e1261.

6. BUCHAROVÁ, M., MALÁ, A., KANTOR, J., SVOBODOVÁ, Z. Arts Therapies Interventions and Their Outcomes in the Treatment of Eating Disorders: Scoping Review Protocol. Behavior Sciences, 2020; 10(12), 188. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs10120188

7. KANTOR, J., KUPFERSTEIN, H., SKOGDAL, S., ANDERSON, T., OLSEN, B., E., SKOGDAL, E., ČASTULÍKOVÁ, N., KANTOROVÁ, L. Potential of music experiences for augmentative and alternative communication users and their effect on communication training: a scoping review protocol. Journal of Exceptional People 2021, 10(18), 51-60. Available here: jep.upol.cz/2021/Journal-of-Exceptional-People-Volume10-Number18.pdf

8. POTMESILOVA, P.: Differences between the creative thinking of people WHO are deaf or hard of hearing AND THOSE with typical hearing: a scoping review protocol. Creativity studies 2023;

Methodological papers

1. KLUGAR, M., KANTOROVÁ, L., POKORNÁ, A., LÍČENÍK, R., DUŠEK, L., SCHÜNEMANN, H., J., RIAD, A., KANTOR, J., KLUGAROVÁ, J. Visual transformation for guidelines presentation of the strenght of recommendations and the certainty of evidence. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 2022; 143,178-185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2021.11.009

2. SVOBODOVÁ, Z., KANTOR, J. Vyhledávání v informačních zdrojích se zaměřením na tvorbu systematických review v oblasti speciální pedagogiky. Štúdie ze špeciálnej pedagogiky, 2024; 13(2), 77-89.

3. VRBOVÁ, T., KANTOR, J., PAVLISOVÁ, H., MAREČKOVÁ, J. Implementační metodika JBI a její aplikace v pedagogické praxi. [JBI FRAMEWORK FOR EVIDENCE IMPLEMENTATION AND ITS USE IN EDUCATION]. EduPort, 2024; 8(2). https://doi.org/10.21062/edp.2024.005

4. KANTOR, J., SEDLÁČKOVÁ, D., MAREČKOVÁ, J., SVOBODOVÁ, Z., VESELÁ, K., SMRČKOVÁ, A., BARANCOVÁ, K., KLUGAROVÁ, J., KLUGAR, M. Systematická review ve vzdělávání: typologie, standardizované metodiky a příklady jejich tvorby. [SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS IN EDUCATION: TYPOLOGY, STANDARDIZED METHODOLOGY AND A PROCESS EXAMPLE OF CONDUCTING THEM]. EduPort, 2023, 7(2). https://doi.org/10.21062/edp.2023.005

5. KANTOR, J., MAREČKOVÁ, J., PTÁČKOVÁ, M., EICHLEROVÁ, B., SVOBODOVÁ, Z., SEDLÁČKOVÁ, D., VESELÁ, K., SMRČKOVÁ, A., KLUGAR, M. Koncept praxe založené na důkazech a jeho význam pro oblast vzdělávání. EduPort. 2022;6(2). https://doi.org/10.21062/edp.2022.010

others

1. KANTOR, J., NEUWIRTHOVÁ, A., HOŘEJŠÍ, B., KOUCUN, J., KANTOROVÁ, L., VRBOVÁ, T., MUNN, Z., KLUGROVÁ, J., KLUGAR, M. Implementation of virtual music therapy in the practice of Czech music therapists: a best practice implementation project. JBI Evidence Implementation, 2023; 21: S64-S71. https://doi.org/10.1097/XEB.0000000000000386

2. KANTOR, J. et al. Speciální pedagogika osob s omezením pohyblivosti a koncept praxe založené na důkazech. [Special education of persons with reduced mobility and the concept of evidence-based practice]. Olomouc: Vydavatelství Univerzity Palackého, 2023.

3. SEDLÁČKOVÁ, D., KANTOR, J., BASLEROVÁ, P., RŮŽIČKA, M., RŮŽIČKOVÁ, L. Inkluzivní vzdělávání a role rodičů. [Inclusive Education and the Parents Role]. Olomouc: Vydavatelství Univerzity Palackého, 2021. 146 p. ISBN 978-80-244-5952-3. doi: 10.5507/pdf.21.24459516.

4. MARECKOVA, J., REGEC, V. Pilot project: evidence-based methodology in education of future teachers. JBI Evidence Implementation, 2019, 17, S62-S64.

5. SEDLÁČKOVÁ, D. A phenomenological study detailing the experiences with inclusive education in the Czech Republic for the pupil with congenital heart disease and acquired brain injury and his mother. Cogent Education, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2023.2282824

6. SEDLÁČKOVÁ, D., et al.: The Experiences of Students with Physical Disabilities in Inclusive Education: A Qualitative Systematic Review. Educational Research Review. 49. 100715. 10.1016/j.edurev.2025.100715

7. LIU, X., & POTMĚŠIL, M.: A review of research on the development of inclusive education in children with special educational needs over the past 10 years: A visual analysis based on CiteSpace. Frontiers in Education, 2025.

8. XUEJIAO LIU, SHULAN ZENG, POTMĚŠIL, M.: Quality of Life and Resilience in Individuals with Disabilities: A Thematic Analysis of Literature. Cogent Psychologhy, 2025.

guidelines

Guidelines (Gs) are very important tool. Properly created Gs can be imagined as a binding methodological procedure, according to which professionals proceed in solving a specific problem. Gs demonstrably contribute to the improvement of provided services and increase the efficiency and availability of provided services. The provision and compliance with the Gs can also be seen as a guarantee of a uniform level and quality of services provided.

Currently, there are no centrally coordinated activities in the Czech Republic that would enable uniform and comprehensive coordination of the Gs preparation process or processes regulating the provided services according to recommended procedures based on evidence and formulated according to a uniform binding methodology.

Deciding on the possible introduction or modification of existing Gs is a complex issue requiring transparent, high-level procedural procedures according to clear criteria. At the same time, an infrastructure involving knowledgeable professionals and data sources are needed.

THE PROCESS OF CREATING Gs is available here (only in Czech)

National methodology for the creation of rGS (CZEch only)

METODICKÉ POSTUPY PRO VYTVOŘENÍ A POSUZOVÁNÍ NOVĚ VYTVOŘENÝCH KDP (ke stažení zde)

PŘÍLOHY METODICKÝCH POSTUPŮ PRO VYTVOŘENÍ A POSUZOVÁNÍ NOVĚ VYTVOŘENÝCH KDP (ke stažení zde)

TRANSFORMACE VIZUÁLNÍHO STYLU SÍLY DŮKAZŮ A SÍLY DOPORUČENÍ (ke stažení zde)

documents (CZEch only)