Applying GRADE-CERQual to qualitative evidence synthesis findings-paper 4: How to assess coherence

Implementation Science

Volumn 13, Issue , 2018, Pages

  Colvin, Christopher J ^a   Garside, Ruth ^b   Wainwright, Megan ^a   Munthe Kaas, Heather ^c   Glenton, Claire ^c   Bohren, Meghan A ^d   Carlsen, Benedicte ^e   Tunçalp, Özge ^d   Noyes, Jane ^f   Booth, Andrew ^g   Rashidian, Arash ^d,h   Flottorp, Signe ^c   Lewin, Simon ^c,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e Uni Research Rokkan Centre   (Norway)

^f BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^h TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

ⁱ SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Coherence; Confidence; Evidence based practice; GRADE; Guidance; Methodology; Qualitative evidence synthesis; Qualitative research; Research design; Systematic review methodology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SYNTHESIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLISHING; STANDARDS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA ACCURACY; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PUBLISHING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85041584909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-017-0691-8     Document Type: Article

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