Qualitative Evidence Syntheses Within Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care: Developing a Template and Guidance

Claire Glenton; Simon Lewin; Soo Downe; Elizabeth Paulsen; Susan Munabi-Babigumira; Marit Johansen; Smisha Agarwal; Heather Ames; Sara Cooper; Karen Daniels; Catherine Houghton; Akram Karimi‐Shahanjarini; Hlengiwe Moloi; Willem Odendaal; Elham Shakibazadeh; Lavanya Vasudevan; Andreas Xyrichis; Meghan A. Bohren

doi:10.1177/16094069211041959

Qualitative Evidence Syntheses Within Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care: Developing a Template and Guidance

Claire Glenton^*, Simon Lewin, Soo Downe, Elizabeth Paulsen, Susan Munabi-Babigumira, Marit Johansen, Smisha Agarwal, Heather Ames, Sara Cooper, Karen Daniels, Catherine Houghton, Akram Karimi‐Shahanjarini, Hlengiwe Moloi, Willem Odendaal, Elham Shakibazadeh, Lavanya Vasudevan, Andreas Xyrichis, Meghan A. Bohren

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Abstract

A growing number of researchers are preparing systematic reviews of qualitative evidence, often referred to as ‘qualitative evidence syntheses’. Cochrane published its first qualitative evidence synthesis in 2013 and published 27 such syntheses and protocols by August 2020. Most of these syntheses have explored how people experience or value different health conditions, treatments and outcomes. Several have been used by guideline producers and others to identify the topics that matter to people, consider the acceptability and feasibility of different healthcare options and identify implementation considerations, thereby complementing systematic reviews of intervention effectiveness.Guidance on how to conduct and report qualitative evidence syntheses exists. However, methods are evolving, and we still have more to learn about how to translate and integrate existing methodological guidance into practice. Cochrane’s Effective Practice and Organisation of Care (EPOC) (www.epoc.org) has been involved in many of Cochrane’s qualitative evidence syntheses through the provision of editorial guidance and support and through co-authorship. In this article, we describe the development of a template and guidance for EPOC’s qualitative evidence syntheses and reflect on this process.

Original language	English
Journal	International Journal of Qualitative Methods
Volume	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069211041959
Publication status	Published - 2021

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meta-synthesis
methods in quanlitative inquiry
qualitative evaluation
qualitative meta-analysis/synthesis
secondary data analysis

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Glenton, C., Lewin, S., Downe, S., Paulsen, E., Munabi-Babigumira, S., Johansen, M., Agarwal, S., Ames, H., Cooper, S., Daniels, K., Houghton, C., Karimi‐Shahanjarini, A., Moloi, H., Odendaal, W., Shakibazadeh, E., Vasudevan, L., Xyrichis, A., & Bohren, M. A. (2021). Qualitative Evidence Syntheses Within Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care: Developing a Template and Guidance. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 20. https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069211041959

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