Complex interventions and their implications for systematic reviews: A pragmatic approach

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1209-1214

  Petticrew, Mark ^a   Anderson, Laurie ^b   Elder, Randy ^c   Grimshaw, Jeremy ^d   Hopkins, David ^c   Hahn, Robert ^c   Krause, Lauren ^e   Kristjansson, Elizabeth ^d   Mercer, Shawna ^c   Sipe, Teresa ^c   Tugwell, Peter ^d   Ueffing, Erin ^f   Waters, Elizabeth ^g   Welch, Vivian ^d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Washington State Institute for Public Policy   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e Global Health and Health Disparities   (United States)

^f OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complex interventions; Complexity; Evaluation; Evidence synthesis; Qualitative research; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPLEX INTERVENTIONS; COMPLEXITY; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84885023604     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.06.004     Document Type: Article

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