Table 1 Included qualitative studies
Author (year, country) | Collection method | Participants | Format(s) evaluated | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Babatunde (2018, England) [40] | Semi-structured interviews (and questionnaires)b | N = 21. Clinicians (11), researchers (5), epidemiologists (3), health service/trial managers (2) | Evidence flowers and summary table | Musculoskeletal conditions |
Buljan (2020, Croatia) [41] | Focus groups | N = 20. Patient advocates (9), doctors (4), medical students (7)a | Plain language summary, infographic, scientific abstract | Breech presentation |
Busert (2018, International) [42] | Semi-structured interviews | N = 18. Public-health decision-makers | 4-page summary with Summary of findings (SoF) table and Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations (GRADE) ratings | Food, alcohol, and tobacco portion/packaging |
Dobbins (2004, Canada) [43] | Focus groups | N = 46. Medical officers (7), programme managers/coordinators (25), decision-makers (14) | Summary statement | Tobacco control |
Semi-structured interviews | N = 8. Guideline developers (3), healthcare providers (3), research funders (1), health insurers (1) | ‘Rapid products’ (evidence inventory, rapid response, rapid review) | Venous thromboembolism | |
Hartling (2018, Canada) [46] | Semi-structured interviews | N = 6. Decision-makers | 3-page summary | Youth mental health |
Marquez (2018, Canada) [47] | Semi-structured interviews (and survey) b Semi-structured interviews | N = 11. Healthcare managers (5), policymakers (6) N = 12. Healthcare managers (5), policymakers (7) | Summary prototype | Healthcare management/services |
Mustafa (2015, International) [48] | Semi-structured interviews, workshop discussions | N = 20. Researchers, health professionals, guideline developers | 3 formatsc of GRADE evidence tables | Diagnostic test accuracy reviews |
Newbery (2013, USA) [49] | Focus groups (with questionnaires) Individual feedback (and questionnaires) | N = 15. Health insurer (2), insurance/former policymaker (2), clinicians (3), researchers (2), governmental research directors (2), research consultant (1) N = 3. Community physicians | 7 differently formatted executive summaries | Acute otis media |
Opiyo (2013, Kenya) [50] | Semi-structured interviews | N = 16. Multidisciplinary guideline development group members | SoF tables, graded-entry summary, normal systematic review | Newborn care, hand hygiene |
Perrier (2014, Canada) [51] | Focus groups | N = 10. Family physicians | Case-based and evidence-based prototypes | Rosacea |
Perrier (2014, Canada) [52] | Focus groups | N = 32. Primary care physicians | Two summary prototypes | Rosacea |
Rosenbaum (2011, International) [53] | Semi-structured interviews | N = 18. Policymakers and managers | Short summaries | Healthcare management/services |
Rosenbaum (2010, International) [54] | Semi-structured interviews (and workshops) | N = 21. Health professionals, researchers | SoF tables | Deep vein thrombosis |
Semi-structured interviews | N = 6. Department director (1), health system experts (4), guideline developers (2) | MAGICapp, Tableau | Chronic pain | |
Steele (2021, England) [57] | Semi-structured interviews | N = 7. Mental health clinicians | One-page summary, full systematic review | Mental health |
Yepes-Nunez (2019, International) [58] | Semi-structured interviews | N = 32. Methodologists (21), meta-analysis users (5), clinicians (6) | SoF tables | Network meta analyses |