• 1. Evidence-based Medicine Center of Lanzhou University/Key Laboratory of Evidence-based Medicine and Knowledge Translation of Gansu Province, Lanzhou 730000, China;
  • 2. School of Public Health, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou 730000, China;
  • 3. School of Nursing, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine/Center for Evidenced-based Nursing, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China;
  • 4. The Second Clinical Medical College of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210046, China;
  • 5. Center for Evidence-based Medicine and Clinical Research, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China;
  • 6. Chinese Evidence-based Medicine Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China;
BAIZheng-gang, Email: baizhenggang@126.com
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A well-conducted evidence-based guideline not only considers the efficiency and the cost of the recommended intervention, but also the acceptability and feasibility of the intervention during implementation. Systematic reviews of qualitative research aim to provide qualitative evidence such as the acceptability and feasibility of the intervention. In developing evidence-based guidelines, qualitative evidence helps to:(1) Define the scope of guideline; (2) Assess the acceptability of interventions; (3) Assess the feasibility of interventions; (4) Identify considerations when implementing guidelines. Systematic reviews provide the fundamental evidence required to develop robust and trustworthy guidelines. The CERQual (Confidence in the Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative research) approach aims to grade the evidence from systematic reviews of qualitative research. After critically and scientifically appraising by CERQual, the acceptance and feasibility of an intervention are given different grading, which is the critical process of developing evidence-based guidelines. This paper will demonstrate the value of systematic reviews of qualitative research in developing evidence-based guidelines and how to implement recommendations from qualitative evidence.

Citation: ZHAORui, BAIZheng-gang, HUANGChong-fei, FANJing-chun, JINYing-hui, CHENHao, ZENGXian-tao, KWONGJoey Sum-wing. The Value of Systematic Reviews of Qualitative Research in Developing Evidence-based Guidelines. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2016, 16(7): 855-859. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20160131 Copy

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