Qualitative evidence synthesis for complex interventions and guideline development: clarification of the purpose, designs and relevant methods

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“Best fit” framework synthesis: refining the method

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Ten challenges in improving quality in healthcare: lessons from the Health Foundation's programme evaluations and relevant literature: Table 1

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Synthesising quantitative and qualitative evidence to inform guidelines on complex interventions: clarifying the purposes, designs and outlining some methods

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Cochrane Qualitative and Implementation Methods Group guidance series-paper 3: methods for assessing methodological limitations, data extraction and synthesis, and confidence in synthesized qualitative findings

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A worked example of “best fit” framework synthesis: a systematic review of views concerning the taking of some potential chemopreventive agents

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Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of lay health worker programmes to improve access to maternal and child health: qualitative evidence synthesis

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Applying GRADE-CERQual to qualitative evidence synthesis findings–paper 6: how to assess relevance of the data

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How to build up the actionable knowledge base: the role of ‘best fit’ framework synthesis for studies of improvement in healthcare

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Formulating questions to explore complex interventions within qualitative evidence synthesis

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What matters to women: a systematic scoping review to identify the processes and outcomes of antenatal care provision that are important to healthy pregnant women

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Implications of a complexity perspective for systematic reviews and guideline development in health decision making

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Structured methodology review identified seven (RETREAT) criteria for selecting qualitative evidence synthesis approaches

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A methodological systematic review of what’s wrong with meta-ethnography reporting

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Cochrane Qualitative and Implementation Methods Group guidance series-paper 2: methods for question formulation, searching, and protocol development for qualitative evidence synthesis

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Guidance on choosing qualitative evidence synthesis methods for use in health technology assessments of complex interventions

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Smoking in pregnancy: a systematic review of qualitative research of women who commence pregnancy as smokers

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Qualitative evidence synthesis to improve implementation of clinical guidelines

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Current use was established and Cochrane guidance on selection of social theories for systematic reviews of complex interventions was developed

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AHRQ series on complex intervention systematic reviews–paper 2: defining complexity, formulating scope, and questions

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Cochrane Qualitative and Implementation Methods Group guidance series-paper 3: methods for assessing methodological limitations, data extraction and synthesis, and confidence in synthesized qualitative findings

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Synthesising quantitative and qualitative evidence to inform guidelines on complex interventions: clarifying the purposes, designs and outlining some methods

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Formulating questions to explore complex interventions within qualitative evidence synthesis

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