Assessing the complexity of interventions within systematic reviews: development, content and use of a new tool (iCAT_SR)

Assessing the complexity of interventions within systematic reviews: development, content and use of a new tool (iCAT_SR)

Abstract Background Health interventions fall along a spectrum from simple to more complex. There is wide interest in methods for reviewing ‘complex interventions’, but few transparent approaches for assessing intervention complexity in systematic reviews. Such assessments may assist review authors...

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Main Authors: Simon Lewin, Maggie Hendry, Jackie Chandler, Andrew D. Oxman, Susan Michie, Sasha Shepperd, Barnaby C. Reeves, Peter Tugwell, Karin Hannes, Eva A. Rehfuess, Vivien Welch, Joanne E. Mckenzie, Belinda Burford, Jennifer Petkovic, Laurie M. Anderson, Janet Harris, Jane Noyes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Subjects:
Complex interventions
Systematic review
Tool
Intervention development
Evidence synthesis
Complex
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-017-0349-x

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