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ArticleJournal of family violence2025

The Importance of Grey and Qualitative Literature in Developing Domestic Violence and Abuse and Child Maltreatment Core Outcome Sets: A Brief Report.

Claire Powell, Siofra Peeren, Ania Ostrowska, Shehzore Adil, Jamie Botevyle, Heather Chesters, Jeanne Wolstencroft, Emma Yapp, Gene Feder, Ruth Gilbert and 1 more

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Claire Powell *Institute of Child Health, UCL, 30 Guilford St, WC1N 1EH London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6581-0165
Siofra Peeren *Service User Research Enterprise, King's College London, 18 De Crespigny Park, SE5 8AF London, UK.
Ania OstrowskaInstitute of Child Health, UCL, 30 Guilford St, WC1N 1EH London, UK.
Shehzore AdilInstitute of Child Health, UCL, 30 Guilford St, WC1N 1EH London, UK.
Jamie BotevyleInstitute of Child Health, UCL, 30 Guilford St, WC1N 1EH London, UK.
Heather ChestersInstitute of Child Health, UCL, 30 Guilford St, WC1N 1EH London, UK.
Jeanne WolstencroftInstitute of Child Health, UCL, 30 Guilford St, WC1N 1EH London, UK.
Emma YappInstitute of Child Health, UCL, 30 Guilford St, WC1N 1EH London, UK.
Gene FederSchool of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, 39 Whatley Road, Bristol, UK.
Ruth GilbertInstitute of Child Health, UCL, 30 Guilford St, WC1N 1EH London, UK.
Emma HowarthSchool of Psychology, UEL, University Way, E16 2RD London, UK.

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Abstract

Purpose: Core Outcome Sets (COS) are agreed sets of outcomes to be used in all trials that evaluate the effect of interventions. This report considers the added value of including grey and qualitative literature in a study to identify COSs of family-focused interventions for CM and DVA. Methods: We identified outcomes of interventions for DVA or CM through systematically searching 12 academic databases and 86 organisation websites, leading to the inclusion of 485 full-text reports across 6 reviews. We developed a candidate outcome longlist comprising 347 extracted outcomes. Results: We identified 87% (282/347) of candidate outcomes from the grey and qualitative literature, and 37% (127/347) from the trial literature. Of the candidate outcomes on the longlist, 22% (75/347) were identified solely from the grey or qualitative literature and 7% (26/347) from trial literature. Three of the eight outcomes in the final core outcome sets may have been missed if grey or qualitative literature had not been searched. Conclusions: The qualitative and grey literature adds DVA and CM outcomes that are relevant to survivor perspectives but not reported in trials; this had an impact on the final COSs. It is important for COS developers to consider what they may be missing if they do not search the qualitative and grey literature.

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Child MaltreatmentDomestic AbuseGrey LiteratureOutcomesQualitative Literature

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