Using Qualitative Evidence in Decision Making for Health and Social Interventions: An Approach to Assess Confidence in Findings from Qualitative Evidence Syntheses (GRADE-CERQual)

Simon Lewin; Claire Glenton; Heather Menzies Munthe‐Kaas; Benedicte Carlsen; Christopher J. Colvin; Metin Gülmezoglu; Jane Noyes; Andrew Booth; Ruth Garside; Arash Rashidian

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001895

October 27, 2015SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologíaOpen Access

Using Qualitative Evidence in Decision Making for Health and Social Interventions: An Approach to Assess Confidence in Findings from Qualitative Evidence Syntheses (GRADE-CERQual)

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Key Points

To introduce a transparent methodology (GRADE-CERQual) for evaluating and communicating the level of confidence in synthesized qualitative evidence for policy and guideline development.
Developed a standardized methodological approach (GRADE-CERQual) designed specifically for qualitative research synthesis.
Established criteria to evaluate components of qualitative synthesis findings, including methodological limitations, coherence, data adequacy, and relevance.
Presents a structured system that explicitly characterizes confidence in individual qualitative synthesis findings as high, moderate, low, or very low.
Facilitates the systematic integration of qualitative perspectives on acceptability, feasibility, and implementation into health and social intervention decision-making processes.

Implication

Methodological framework demonstrates an approach to evaluate confidence in qualitative evidence syntheses, supporting transparent decision-making for health and social interventions.

Abstract

Simon Lewin and colleagues present a methodology for increasing transparency and confidence in qualitative research synthesis.

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Lewin et al. (2015) studied this question.

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Using Qualitative Evidence in Decision Making for Health and Social Interventions: An Approach to Assess Confidence in Findings from Qualitative Evidence Syntheses (GRADE-CERQual)

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