Welcome to the wiki 'Toolkit for Mixed Studies Reviews'

WHY THIS WIKI?

The purpose of this WIKI is to suggest guidance for designing, conducting, and reporting Mixed Studies Reviews (MSR), and to collect comments and suggestions about it.

This wiki complement an article that is more theoritical. See Pluye P & Hong QN. Combining the power of stories and the power of numbers: Mixed Methods Research and Mixed Studies Reviews. Annual Review of Public Health (in press).

FOR WHOM?

Researcher, research trainees, librarians and practitioners in health technology assessment who want to conduct, better understand MSR or who want to review papers on MSR.

WHAT IS THIS WIKI?

- A practical tool - a toolkit - that provide a step by step guidance to conduct MSR.

- A collaborative tool aimed at developing a network of people interested in MSR.

- An ongoing up-date on the science of MSR.

WHO COLLABORATE TO THIS WIKI?  

Authors:

This WIKI has been initially developed by three researchers and a librarian:  

- Quan Nha Hong, OT, MSc, Wiki moderator, is a PhD candidate at the department of Family Medicine at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. email: quan.nha.hong@mail.mcgill.ca. She is interested in mixed studies reviews and methods of knowledge synthesis. Her project is on the validation of the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT). 

- Pierre Pluye, MD, PhD, is FRQS Research Fellow and Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. e-mail: pierre.pluye@mcgill.ca He has expertise in mixed methods studies and mixed studies reviews, and developed the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (http://mixedmethodsappraisaltoolpublic.pbworks.com). He studies participatory research with organizations, and the patient outcomes associated with the use of information derived from electronic knowledge resources. He has co-developed the Information Assessment Method that is used by more than 10,000 Canadian pharmacists and physicians (http://iam2009.pbworks.com). Cochrane representative for McGill University.

- Isabelle Vedel, MD, PhD, is FRQS Research Fellow and Assistant professor, Department of Family Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. e-mail: isabelle.vedel@mcgill.ca She has expertise in evaluation, mixed methods research and complex systematic reviews of the literature. Her research interests are mainly in health care organization and primary health care services for persons with multiple chronic diseases and older patients. Her research work focuses on health services research in chronic disease management

- Vera  Granikov, is a Research-Embedded Information Specialist at the department of Family Medicine at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. email: veragranikov@gmail.com. She holds a Masters degree in Library and Information Studies (specializing in Knowledge Management) from McGill University.  She is interested in health information literacy, knowledge management, collaboration, and organizational learning.  slides wiki 4 napcrg, complete here , add page wiki101.

Contributors:

If you are interested to collaborate to this wiki and be cited as a contributors, do not hesitate to contact Pierre Pluye, Isabelle Vedel or Quan Nha Hong by e-mail.

Authors gratefully acknowledge the constructive feedback from colleagues, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students who contributed to and attended (a) the DENT-FMED-672 ‘Applied mixed methods for health research’ and FMED-600 ‘Mixed studies reviews’ courses at McGill University, and (b) the one-week intensive summer course ‘Mixed methods research and mixed studies reviews in health sciences’ in University of Lausanne (Switzerland), São Paulo (Brazil), and Warwick (UK).

List and contact information of contributors

 Do not hesitate to post any comments on this WIKI in the box at the end of this page. Thanks!

HOW TO USE THIS WIKI?

This WIKI is structured following the 7 stages of systematic reviews. Click on the hyperlink to know more about the stage. In addition, guidance for reporting mixed studies reviews is presented. 

This WIKI follows the QESISAS framework: Q Question E Eligibility S Search I Identify S Select A Appraise S Synthesize

HOW TO CITE THIS WIKI ?

Pluye, P., Hong, Q.N., & Vedel, I. (2013). Toolkit for mixed studies reviews. Retrieved on [date] from http://toolkit4mixedstudiesreviews.pbworks.com.

WHAT ARE THE MAIN REFERENCES?

Articles of interest on mixed studies reviews:

• Bryman A (2006). Integrating quantitative and qualitative research: how is it done? Qualitative Research, 6(1), 97–113. 
• Heyvaert M, Maes B, Onghena P (2013). Mixed methods research synthesis: definition, framework, and potential. Quality and Quantity, 47, 659-676. 
• Mays N, Pope C, Popay J (2005). Systematically reviewing qualitative and quantitative evidence to inform management and policy-making in the health field. Journal of Health Service Research & Policy 10, 6-20. 
• Pluye P, Gagnon MP, Griffiths F, Johnson-Lafleur J (2009). A scoring system for appraising mixed methods research, and concomitantly appraising qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods primary studies in mixed studies reviews. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 46(4):529-546.  
• Pluye P, Hong QN (in press). Combining the power of stories and numbers: Mixed Methods Research and Mixed Studies Reviews. Annual Review in Public Health, 35.
• Pope C, Mays N, Popay J (2007). Synthesizing qualitative and quantitative health evidence: A guide to methods. Adelaide: Ramsay Books. 

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