Using qualitative evidence on patients' views to help understand variation in effectiveness of complex interventions: a qualitative comparative analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Complex healthcare interventions consist of multiple components which may vary in trials conducted in different populations and contexts. Pooling evidence from trials in a systematic review is challenging because it is unclear which components are needed for effectiveness. The potential is recognised for using recipients' views to explore why some complex interventions are effective and others are not. Methods to maximise this potential are poorly developed.

Methods

We used a novel approach to explore how patients' views may explain the disparity in effectiveness of complex interventions. We used qualitative comparative analysis to explore agreement between qualitative syntheses of data on patients' views and evidence from trialed interventions to increase adheren

SUBMITTER: Candy B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3693880 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature