Current use was established and Cochrane guidance on selection of social theories for systematic reviews of complex interventions was developed

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 75, Issue , 2016, Pages 78-92

  Noyes, Jane ^a   Hendry, Maggie ^b   Booth, Andrew ^c   Chandler, Jackie ^d   Lewin, Simon ^e   Glenton, Claire ^e   Garside, Ruth ^f  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d Norwegian Institute of Public Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cochrane; Complex intervention; Guidance; Methodology; Systematic review; Theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA BASE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TAXONOMY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LITERATURE;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HUMANS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SOCIAL THEORY;

EID: 84956663946     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.12.009     Document Type: Article

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