Further exploration of dissemination bias in qualitative research required to facilitate assessment within qualitative evidence syntheses

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 88, Issue , 2017, Pages 133-139

  Toews, Ingrid ^a   Booth, Andrew ^b   Berg, Rigmor C ^c   Lewin, Simon ^c,d   Glenton, Claire ^c   Munthe Kaas, Heather M ^c   Noyes, Jane ^e   Schroter, Sara ^f   Meerpohl, Joerg J ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^e BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f BMJ ^*  (United Kingdom)

^g PARIS DESCARTES UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Dissemination bias; Nondissemination; Publication bias; Qualitative evidence syntheses; Qualitative research; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISSEMINATION BIAS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH PRIORITY; SOCIAL CARE; STATISTICAL BIAS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PROCEDURES; PUBLISHING;

HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PUBLICATION BIAS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 85019600493     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.04.010     Document Type: Article

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