Abstract Background The Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature
(CINAHL) is generally thought to be a good source to search when conducting a review of …

The role of critical appraisal of qualitative studies in systematic reviews remains an ongoing
cause for debate. Key to such a debate is whether quality assessment can or should be …

Systematic reviews have become an important component of evidence-based health care.
To date, these reviews have focused predominantly on randomized controlled trials to …

The quantitative versus qualitative debate has taken significant steps towards reconciliation
within the wider field of evidence based practice. Nevertheless, far more insidious …

Systematic review has developed as a specific methodology for searching for, appraising
and synthesizing findings of primary studies, and has rapidly become a cornerstone of the …

This chapter focuses on methods for conducting overviews of bodies of evidence that
include qualitative research studies. Systematic review methodology has emerged partly to …

Background Overviews of systematic reviews attempt to systematically retrieve and
summarise the results of multiple systematic reviews. Methods for conducting, interpreting …

Background The qualitative systematic review is a rapidly developing area of nursing
research. In order to present trustworthy, high‐quality recommendations, such reviews …

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Background Qualitative systematic reviews or qualitative evidence syntheses (QES) are
increasingly recognised as a way to enhance the value of systematic reviews (SRs) of …