How to Write the Qualitative Systematic Review: An Introduction_Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine

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 HUANGChong-fei ^1,2 ,  BAIZheng-gang ^1,2 , WUShu-ting ^1,2 , GAIQiong-yan ³ , FANJing-chun ^1,2,4 , YANGKe-hu ^1,2 , IrisChi ⁵

1. Evidence-based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China;
2. Key Laboratory of Evidence-based Medicine and Knowledge Translation of Gansu Province, Lanzhou 730000, China;
3. Department of Urology, the Second Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China;
4. Center for Evidence-based Medicine and Translational Research, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China;
5. School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA;

Corresponding author：

BAIZheng-gang, Email: baizhenggang@126.com

Keywords：

Qualitative study; Qualitative systematic review; Evidence-informed policy-making

DOI：

10.7507/1672-2531.20150183

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Evidence-based medicine (EBM) emphasizes the combination of the physician's experience, the best research evidence and patient's values to ensure the best prevention and treatment effect. Evidence is the core of the EBM, and quantitative systematic review can synthesize interventional studies; however, it can't provide synthetic evidence for patients' demands, opinions and attitudes and so on. Qualitative systematic review can offset these limitations. With the development of methodology of qualitative research and systematic review of qualitative studies, the number of qualitative studies increased year by year and they provided more and more evidence for decision making in public health, social work, management and education. The international research institutions including the Cochrane Collaboration, the Campbell Collaboration and the 3ie have mature methods for qualitative systematic review; however, few studies introduced how to write it in China. Therefore, this paper briefly introduces how to write the qualitative systematic review.

Citation： HUANGChong-fei, BAIZheng-gang, WUShu-ting, GAIQiong-yan, FANJing-chun, YANGKe-hu, IrisChi. How to Write the Qualitative Systematic Review: An Introduction. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2015, 15(9): 1106-1111. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20150183 Copy

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2. 张宏伟. 定性研究的基本属性和常用研究方法. 中国中西医结合杂志, 2008, 28(2):167-169.
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4. Booth A. Clear and present questions:formulating questions for evidence based practice. Library Hi Tech, 2006, 24(3):355-368.
5. Wildridge V, Bell L. How CLIP became ECLIPSE:a mnemonic to assist in searching for health policy/management information. Health Info Libr J, 2002, 19(2):113-115.
6. McKibbon KA, Wilczynski NL, Haynes RB. Developing optimal search strategies for retrieving qualitative studies in PsycINFO. Eval Health Prof, 2006, 29(4):440-454.
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18. Bohren MA, Hunter EC, Munthe-Kaas HM, et al. Facilitators and barriers to facility-based delivery in low-and middle-income countries:a qualitative evidence synthesis. Reprod Health, 2014, 11(1):71.

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