Advancing scoping study methodology: A web-based survey and consultation of perceptions on terminology, definition and methodological steps

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  O'Brien, Kelly K ^a,b   Colquhoun, Heather ^a,c   Levac, Danielle ^d   Baxter, Larry ^e   Tricco, Andrea C ^f   Straus, Sharon ^f   Wickerson, Lisa ^a,g   Nayar, Ayesha ^a   Moher, David ^h,i   O'Malley, Lisa ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e St Michael's Hospital ^*  (Canada)

^f ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^h OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Research; Scoping reviews; Scoping studies; Survey; Web based

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CANADA; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; GRADUATE STUDENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOMENCLATURE; ORGANIZATION; PERCEPTION; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCIENTIST; STATISTICS; STUDY DESIGN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; CONSENSUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERNET; LITERATURE; PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; CONSENSUS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; INTERNET; PERCEPTION; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84979626695     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-016-1579-z     Document Type: Article

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