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Using Qualitative Evidence in Decision Making for Health and Social Interventions: An Approach to Assess Confidence in Findings from Qualitative Evidence Syntheses (GRADE-CERQual)

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Lewin, Simon, Glenton, Claire, Munthe-Kaas, Heather, Carlsen, Benedicte, Colvin, Christopher J., Gülmezoglu, Metin, Noyes, Jane, Booth, Andrew, Garside, Ruth, Rashidian, Arash·2015·PLOS Medicine

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Simon Lewin and colleagues present a methodology for increasing transparency and confidence in qualitative research synthesis.

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Authors: Lewin, S., Glenton, C., Munthe-Kaas, H., Carlsen, B., Colvin, C. J., Gülmezoglu, M., Noyes, J., Booth, A., Garside, R., & Rashidian, A.
Affiliations: South African Medical Research Council (ZA)
Nasjonalt Kunnskapssenter for Helsetjenesten (NO)
Uni Research (Norway) (NO)
University of Cape Town (ZA)
World Bank (US)
Bangor University (GB)
University of Sheffield (GB)
University of Exeter (GB)
World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EG)
Corresponding author: Lewin, Simon
ORCID: Lewin, Simon
Glenton, Claire
Colvin, Christopher J.
Noyes, Jane
Booth, Andrew
Garside, Ruth
Rashidian, Arash
Venue: PLOS Medicine
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Published: 2015-10-27
Volume: 12
Issue: 10
Pages: e1001895
ISSN: 1549-1277 (ISSN-L)
1549-1676
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001895
PMC: PMC4624425
OpenAlex: W2107819237
Cited by: 866
References: 48
Citations by year: 2026: 68 · 2025: 60 · 2024: 84 · 2023: 66 · 2022: 77 · 2021: 120 · 2020: 86 · 2019: 95 · 2018: 75 · 2017: 77 · 2016: 54 · 2015: 2
FWCI: 63.46
Type: journal article
Language: en
Update notices: correction (2016-06-10)
Open access: gold
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Licence: cc-by
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Locations: PLoS Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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Funders: World Health Organization
South African Medical Research Council
Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research
Medical Research Council
Topics: Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
Social Sciences › Education › Qualitative Research Methods and Applications
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Delphi Technique in Research
Keywords: qualitative evidence synthesis, GRADE-CERQual, decision-making, transparency, research evidence appraisal
MeSH terms: Decision Making, Humans, Public Policy, Research Design, Qualitative Research, Evidence-Based Practice

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