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  • Janet L Harris
    University of Sheffield
  • Andrew Booth
    University of Sheffield
  • Margaret Cargo
    University of South Australia
  • Karin Hannes
    Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
  • Angela Harden
    The University of East London, Stratford Campus, Water Lane, London, UK.
  • Kate Flemming
    University of York
  • Ruth Garside
    College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, 9 TR10 9EZ, UK.
  • Tomas Pantoja
    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago
  • James Thomas
    University College London
  • Jane Noyes

This paper updates previous Cochrane guidance on question formulation, searching, and protocol development, reflecting recent developments in methods for conducting qualitative evidence syntheses to inform Cochrane intervention reviews. Examples are used to illustrate how decisions about boundaries for a review are formed via an iterative process of constructing lines of inquiry and mapping the available information to ascertain whether evidence exists to answer questions related to effectiveness, implementation, feasibility, appropriateness, economic evidence, and equity. The process of question formulation allows reviewers to situate the topic in relation to how it informs and explains effectiveness, using the criterion of meaningfulness, appropriateness, feasibility, and implementation. Questions related to complex questions and interventions can be structured by drawing on an increasingly wide range of question frameworks. Logic models and theoretical frameworks are useful tools for conceptually mapping the literature to illustrate the complexity of the phenomenon of interest. Furthermore, protocol development may require iterative question formulation and searching. Consequently, the final protocol may function as a guide rather than a prescriptive route map, particularly in qualitative reviews that ask more exploratory and open-ended questions.

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Iaith wreiddiolSaesneg
Tudalennau (o-i)39-48
CyfnodolynJournal of Clinical Epidemiology
Cyfrol97
Rhif y cyfnodolynMay
Dyddiad ar-lein cynnar15 Rhag 2017
Dynodwyr Gwrthrych Digidol (DOIs)
StatwsCyhoeddwyd - Mai 2018

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