A research and development agenda for systematic reviews that ask complex questions about complex interventions

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1262-1270

  Noyes, Jane ^a   Gough, David ^b   Lewin, Simon ^c,d,e   Mayhew, Alain ^f   Michie, Susan ^g   Pantoja, Tomas ^h   Petticrew, Mark ⁱ   Pottie, Kevin ^j   Rehfuess, Eva ^k   Shemilt, Ian ^l   Shepperd, Sasha ^m   Sowden, Amanda ⁿ   Tugwell, Peter ^f,j   Welch, Vivian ^f,j  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Norwegian Satellite of the Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care Group   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

^e SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^f OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

ⁱ LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Complex intervention; Complexity; Consensus development; Evaluation; Evidence synthesis methods; Research and development agenda

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; EVALUATION; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); WORKSHOP;

COMPLEX INTERVENTION; COMPLEXITY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS METHODS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AGENDA;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84885020006     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.07.003     Document Type: Article

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