Knowledge synthesis methods for generating or refining theory: A scoping review reveals that little guidance is available

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 73, Issue , 2016, Pages 36-42

  Tricco, Andrea C ^a,b   Antony, Jesmin ^a   Soobiah, Charlene ^a,c   Kastner, Monika ^a,b   Cogo, Elise ^a   Macdonald, Heather ^a   D'Souza, Jennifer ^a   Hui, Wing ^a   Straus, Sharon E ^a,d  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical interpretive synthesis; Integrative review; Knowledge synthesis; Meta ethnography; Meta synthesis; Realist review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CINAHL; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA SYNTHESIS; EMBASE; ETHNOGRAPHY; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; KNOWLEDGE SYNTHESIS; MEDLINE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCREENING; THEORY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; LITERATURE;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HUMANS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84962297159     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.11.021     Document Type: Article

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