ArticleSystematic reviews2013
Celebrating methodological challenges and changes: reflecting on the emergence and importance of the role of qualitative evidence in Cochrane reviews.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Work-life integration among nurse educators: a meta-synthesis.Frontiers in global women's health · 2024Pooled it
- Definition and conceptualization of the patient-centered care pathway, a proposed integrative framework for consensus: a Concept analysis and systematic review.BMC health services research · 2022Pooled it
- Factors that influence parents' and informal caregivers' views and practices regarding routine childhood vaccination: a qualitative evidence synthesis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Barriers and enablers to guideline implementation strategies to improve obstetric care practice in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review of qualitative evidence.Implementation science : IS · 2016Pooled it
- Understanding factors affecting patient and public engagement and recruitment to digital health interventions: a systematic review of qualitative studies.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2016Pooled it
- Evidence-based mapping of design heterogeneity prior to meta-analysis: a systematic review and evidence synthesis.Systematic reviews · 2014Pooled it
- From local change to scholarly contribution: lessons from a scoping review of the gaps and pitfalls of QI reports.BMJ open quality · 2026Article
- Perspectives of HPV vaccination among young adults: a qualitative systematic review and evidence synthesis protocol.BMJ open · 2023Article
- Synthesis of Qualitative Evidence on Malaria in Pregnancy, 2005-2022: A Systematic Review.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2023Review
- Metasynthesis: An Original Method to Synthesize Qualitative Literature in Psychiatry.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2017Article
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- The effectiveness of peer mentoring in promoting a positive transition to higher education for first-year undergraduate students: a mixed methods systematic review protocol.Systematic reviews · 2016Article
- The use of purposeful sampling in a qualitative evidence synthesis: A worked example on sexual adjustment to a cancer trajectory.BMC medical research methodology · 2016Article
- Time to rethink the systematic review catechism? Moving from 'what works' to 'what happens'.Systematic reviews · 2015Article
- Anthropologies in and of evidence making in global health research and policy.Medical anthropology · 2015Article
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Abstract
Cochrane systematic reviews have proven to be beneficial for decision making processes, both on a practitioner and a policy level, and there are current initiatives to extend the types of evidence used by them, including qualitative research. In this article we outline the major achievements of the Cochrane Qualitative and Implementation Methods Group. Although the Group has encountered numerous challenges in dealing with the evolution of qualitative evidence synthesis, both outside and within the Cochrane Collaboration, it has successfully responded to the challenges posed in terms of incorporating qualitative evidence in systematic reviews. The Methods Group will continue to advocate for more flexible and inclusive approaches to evidence synthesis in order to meet the exciting challenges and opportunities presented by mixed methods systematic reviews and reviews of complex interventions.
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