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

Ingrid Toews; Andrew Booth; Rigmor C. Berg; Simon Lewin; Claire Glenton; Heather M. Munthe-Kaas; Jane Noyes; Sara Schroter; Joerg M. Meerpohl

doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.04.010

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

Ingrid Toews
, Andrew Booth
, Rigmor C. Berg
, Simon Lewin
, Claire Glenton
, Heather M. Munthe-Kaas
, Jane Noyes
, Sara Schroter
, Joerg M. Meerpohl

University of Freiburg
University of Sheffield
Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
BMJ London
Centre de Recherche Épidémiologie et Statistique Sorbonne Paris

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OBJECTIVES: To conceptualise and discuss dissemination bias in qualitative research.

RESULTS: It is likely that the mechanisms leading to dissemination bias in quantitative research, including time lag, language, gray literature, and truncation bias also contribute to dissemination bias in qualitative research. These conceptual considerations have informed the development of a research agenda.

CONCLUSION: Further exploration of dissemination bias in qualitative research is needed, including the extent of non-dissemination and related dissemination bias, and how to assess dissemination bias within qualitative evidence syntheses. We also need to consider the mechanisms through which dissemination bias in qualitative research could occur to explore approaches for reducing it.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	133-139
Journal	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume	88
Issue number	August
Early online date	20 Apr 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.04.010
Publication status	Published - Aug 2017

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Toews, I., Booth, A., Berg, R. C., Lewin, S., Glenton, C., Munthe-Kaas, H. M., Noyes, J., Schroter, S., & Meerpohl, J. M. (2017). Further exploration of dissemination bias in qualitative research required to facilitate assessment within qualitative evidence syntheses. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 88(August), 133-139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.04.010

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