Background There is an unmet need for review methods to support priority-setting, policy-
making and strategic planning when a wide variety of interventions from differing disciplines …

Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are at the top of the 'evidence hierarchy'when
assessing the effectiveness of health interventions. As such, they are important sources of …

Background Hundreds of studies of maternity care interventions have been published, too
many for most people involved in providing maternity care to identify and consider when …

Background We report a process to identify and prioritise research questions in preterm birth
that are most important to people affected by preterm birth and healthcare practitioners in the …

Background In maternal medicine, research evidence is scattered making it difficult to
access information for clinical decision making. Systematic reviews of good methodological …

Background Interventions need to be developed prior to the feasibility and piloting phase of
a study. There are a variety of published approaches to developing interventions …

COMPLEX INTERVENTIONS IN HEALTH: An overview of research methods Page 1 13 pIlot
stuDIes anD feasIbIlItY stuDIes for Complex InterventIons An introduction Lora M …

The emphasis on research quality has taken great strides in recent years. Publication of
clinical trial protocols (ie SPIRIT guideline), prospective registration (eg ClinicalTrials. gov …

Background This overview aimed to synthesize existing systematic reviews to produce a
draft framework of evidence-informed health priority setting that supports countries in …

Objectives 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 …