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Applying GRADE-CERQual to qualitative evidence synthesis findings-paper 2: how to make an overall CERQual assessment of confidence and create a Summary of Qualitative Findings table. / Lewin, Simon; Bohren, Meghan; Rashidian, Arash et al.
In: Implementation Science, Vol. 13, No. Suppl 1, 25.01.2018, p. 10.

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Lewin, S, Bohren, M, Rashidian, A, Munthe-Kaas, H, Glenton, C, Colvin, CJ, Garside, R, Noyes, J, Booth, A, Tunçalp, Ö, Wainwright, M, Flottorp, S, Tucker, JD & Carlsen, B 2018, 'Applying GRADE-CERQual to qualitative evidence synthesis findings-paper 2: how to make an overall CERQual assessment of confidence and create a Summary of Qualitative Findings table', Implementation Science, vol. 13, no. Suppl 1, pp. 10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-017-0689-2

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Lewin, S., Bohren, M., Rashidian, A., Munthe-Kaas, H., Glenton, C., Colvin, C. J., Garside, R., Noyes, J., Booth, A., Tunçalp, Ö., Wainwright, M., Flottorp, S., Tucker, J. D., & Carlsen, B. (2018). Applying GRADE-CERQual to qualitative evidence synthesis findings-paper 2: how to make an overall CERQual assessment of confidence and create a Summary of Qualitative Findings table. Implementation Science, 13(Suppl 1), 10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-017-0689-2

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Lewin S, Bohren M, Rashidian A, Munthe-Kaas H, Glenton C, Colvin CJ, Garside R, Noyes J, Booth A, Tunçalp Ö, et al. 2018. Applying GRADE-CERQual to qualitative evidence synthesis findings-paper 2: how to make an overall CERQual assessment of confidence and create a Summary of Qualitative Findings table. Implementation Science. 13(Suppl 1):10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-017-0689-2

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Lewin S, Bohren M, Rashidian A, Munthe-Kaas H, Glenton C, Colvin CJ et al. Applying GRADE-CERQual to qualitative evidence synthesis findings-paper 2: how to make an overall CERQual assessment of confidence and create a Summary of Qualitative Findings table. Implementation Science. 2018 Jan 25;13(Suppl 1):10. doi: 10.1186/s13012-017-0689-2

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Lewin, Simon ; Bohren, Meghan ; Rashidian, Arash et al. / Applying GRADE-CERQual to qualitative evidence synthesis findings-paper 2 : how to make an overall CERQual assessment of confidence and create a Summary of Qualitative Findings table. In: Implementation Science. 2018 ; Vol. 13, No. Suppl 1. pp. 10.

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Applying GRADE-CERQual to qualitative evidence synthesis findings-paper 2

T2 - how to make an overall CERQual assessment of confidence and create a Summary of Qualitative Findings table

AU - Lewin, Simon

AU - Bohren, Meghan

AU - Rashidian, Arash

AU - Munthe-Kaas, Heather

AU - Glenton, Claire

AU - Colvin, Christopher J

AU - Garside, Ruth

AU - Noyes, Jane

AU - Booth, Andrew

AU - Tunçalp, Özge

AU - Wainwright, Megan

AU - Flottorp, Signe

AU - Tucker, Joseph D

AU - Carlsen, Benedicte

PY - 2018/1/25

Y1 - 2018/1/25

N2 - BACKGROUND: The GRADE-CERQual (Confidence in Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative research) approach has been developed by the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation) Working Group. The approach has been developed to support the use of findings from qualitative evidence syntheses in decision making, including guideline development and policy formulation. CERQual includes four components for assessing how much confidence to place in findings from reviews of qualitative research (also referred to as qualitative evidence syntheses): (1) methodological limitations, (2) coherence, (3) adequacy of data and (4) relevance. This paper is part of a series providing guidance on how to apply CERQual and focuses on making an overall assessment of confidence in a review finding and creating a CERQual Evidence Profile and a CERQual Summary of Qualitative Findings table.METHODS: We developed this guidance by examining the methods used by other GRADE approaches, gathering feedback from relevant research communities and developing consensus through project group meetings. We then piloted the guidance on several qualitative evidence syntheses before agreeing on the approach.RESULTS: Confidence in the evidence is an assessment of the extent to which a review finding is a reasonable representation of the phenomenon of interest. Creating a summary of each review finding and deciding whether or not CERQual should be used are important steps prior to assessing confidence. Confidence should be assessed for each review finding individually, based on the judgements made for each of the four CERQual components. Four levels are used to describe the overall assessment of confidence: high, moderate, low or very low. The overall CERQual assessment for each review finding should be explained in a CERQual Evidence Profile and Summary of Qualitative Findings table.CONCLUSIONS: Structuring and summarising review findings, assessing confidence in those findings using CERQual and creating a CERQual Evidence Profile and Summary of Qualitative Findings table should be essential components of undertaking qualitative evidence syntheses. This paper describes the end point of a CERQual assessment and should be read in conjunction with the other papers in the series that provide information on assessing individual CERQual components.

AB - BACKGROUND: The GRADE-CERQual (Confidence in Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative research) approach has been developed by the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation) Working Group. The approach has been developed to support the use of findings from qualitative evidence syntheses in decision making, including guideline development and policy formulation. CERQual includes four components for assessing how much confidence to place in findings from reviews of qualitative research (also referred to as qualitative evidence syntheses): (1) methodological limitations, (2) coherence, (3) adequacy of data and (4) relevance. This paper is part of a series providing guidance on how to apply CERQual and focuses on making an overall assessment of confidence in a review finding and creating a CERQual Evidence Profile and a CERQual Summary of Qualitative Findings table.METHODS: We developed this guidance by examining the methods used by other GRADE approaches, gathering feedback from relevant research communities and developing consensus through project group meetings. We then piloted the guidance on several qualitative evidence syntheses before agreeing on the approach.RESULTS: Confidence in the evidence is an assessment of the extent to which a review finding is a reasonable representation of the phenomenon of interest. Creating a summary of each review finding and deciding whether or not CERQual should be used are important steps prior to assessing confidence. Confidence should be assessed for each review finding individually, based on the judgements made for each of the four CERQual components. Four levels are used to describe the overall assessment of confidence: high, moderate, low or very low. The overall CERQual assessment for each review finding should be explained in a CERQual Evidence Profile and Summary of Qualitative Findings table.CONCLUSIONS: Structuring and summarising review findings, assessing confidence in those findings using CERQual and creating a CERQual Evidence Profile and Summary of Qualitative Findings table should be essential components of undertaking qualitative evidence syntheses. This paper describes the end point of a CERQual assessment and should be read in conjunction with the other papers in the series that provide information on assessing individual CERQual components.

KW - Journal Article

U2 - 10.1186/s13012-017-0689-2

DO - 10.1186/s13012-017-0689-2

M3 - Article

C2 - 29384082

VL - 13

SP - 10

JO - Implementation Science

JF - Implementation Science

SN - 1748-5908

IS - Suppl 1

ER -