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ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2017

Metasynthesis: An Original Method to Synthesize Qualitative Literature in Psychiatry.

Jonathan Lachal, Anne Revah-Levy, Massimiliano Orri, Marie Rose Moro

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Article in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 113 papers, 55 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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113citing papers in PubMed, 55 pooled it
11.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

113 citing papers in PubMed, 55 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 343 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Jonathan LachalAP-HP, Cochin Hospital, Maison de Solenn, Paris, France.
Anne Revah-LevyService Universitaire de Psychiatrie de l'Adolescent, Centre Hospitalier Argenteuil, Argenteuil, France.
Massimiliano OrriUniversité Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.
Marie Rose MoroAP-HP, Cochin Hospital, Maison de Solenn, Paris, France.
Centre de recherche en Epidémiologie et Santé des Populations · FRDélégation Paris 5 · FRSorbonne Paris Cité · FRUniversité Paris Cité · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMetasynthesis-the systematic review and integration of findings from qualitative studies-is an emerging technique in medical research that can use many different methods. Nevertheless, the method must be appropriate to the specific scientific field in which it is used. The objective is to describe the steps of a metasynthesis method adapted from

methodWe detail each step of the method used in a metasynthesis published in 2015 on adolescent and young adults suicidal behaviors. We provide clarifications in several methodological points using the latest literature on metasyntheses. The method is described in six steps: define the research question and the inclusion criteria, select the studies, assess their quality, extract and present the formal data, analyze the data, and express the synthesis.

conclusionMetasyntheses offer an appropriate balance between an objective framework, a rigorously scientific approach to data analysis and the necessary contribution of the researcher's subjectivity in the construction of the final work. They propose a third level of comprehension and interpretation that brings original insights, improve the global understanding in psychiatry, and propose immediate therapeutic implications. They should be included in the psychiatric common research toolkit to become better recognized by clinicians and mental health professionals.

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metaethnographymetasynthesispsychiatryqualitative evidence synthesisqualitative researchsuicide

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PMID29249996
PMCPMC5716974
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