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The synthesis of qualitative research and evidence-based nursing
University of York
York, UK
Key Words: evidence-based medicine • nursing research • qualitative research
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Readers of Evidence-Based Nursing will be familiar with "review articles." They are among the most common types of research abstracted for the journal, and although systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) predominantly feature in the Treatment section, reviews that address questions of assessment, causation, quality improvement, prognosis, and quality assessment have also been abstracted. Reviews of qualitative research have been abstracted less frequently—7 times since the journal began in 1998.
Qualitative research is an important component of the evidence base for nursing. Almost one quarter of all abstracts published in Evidence-Based Nursing (n = 205) have been primary qualitative research articles, and they have examined several areas of nursing practice. Like quantitative researchers, qualitative researchers have become interested in synthesising qualitative research in order to develop new cumulative knowledge.1 This notebook will explore how syntheses of qualitative research may contribute to the practice of evidence-based nursing.
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