TY - JOUR
T1 - Synthesizing evidence on complex interventions
T2 - how meta-analytical, qualitative, and mixed-method approaches can contribute
AU - Petticrew, Mark
AU - Rehfuess, Eva
AU - Noyes, Jane
AU - Higgins, Julian P T
AU - Mayhew, Alain
AU - Pantoja, Tomas
AU - Shemilt, Ian
AU - Sowden, Amanda
N1 - Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2013/8/14
Y1 - 2013/8/14
N2 - Although there is increasing interest in the evaluation of complex interventions, there is little guidance on how evidence from complex interventions may be reviewed and synthesized, and the relevance of the plethora of evidence synthesis methods to complexity is unclear. This article aims to explore how different meta-analytical approaches can be used to examine aspects of complexity; describe the contribution of various narrative, tabular, and graphical approaches to synthesis; and give an overview of the potential choice of selected qualitative and mixed-method evidence synthesis approaches.
AB - Although there is increasing interest in the evaluation of complex interventions, there is little guidance on how evidence from complex interventions may be reviewed and synthesized, and the relevance of the plethora of evidence synthesis methods to complexity is unclear. This article aims to explore how different meta-analytical approaches can be used to examine aspects of complexity; describe the contribution of various narrative, tabular, and graphical approaches to synthesis; and give an overview of the potential choice of selected qualitative and mixed-method evidence synthesis approaches.
U2 - 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.06.005
DO - 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.06.005
M3 - Article
C2 - 23953082
VL - 66
SP - 1230
EP - 1243
JO - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
JF - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
IS - 11
ER -