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Using qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) in systematic reviews of complex interventions: a worked example

Overview of attention for article published in Systematic Reviews, June 2014
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Title
Using qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) in systematic reviews of complex interventions: a worked example
Published in
Systematic Reviews, June 2014
DOI 10.1186/2046-4053-3-67
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Authors

James Thomas, Alison O’Mara-Eves, Ginny Brunton

Abstract

Systematic reviews that address policy and practice questions in relation to complex interventions frequently need not only to assess the efficacy of a given intervention but to identify which intervention - and which intervention components - might be most effective in particular situations. Here, intervention replication is rare, and commonly used synthesis methods are less useful when the focus of analysis is the identification of those components of an intervention that are critical to its success.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 8 3%
Portugal 1 <1%
Switzerland 1 <1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of 1 <1%
Spain 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 248 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 52 20%
Researcher 41 16%
Student > Master 39 15%
Student > Doctoral Student 17 7%
Professor > Associate Professor 13 5%
Other 45 17%
Unknown 54 21%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 73 28%
Medicine and Dentistry 34 13%
Business, Management and Accounting 21 8%
Nursing and Health Professions 14 5%
Psychology 13 5%
Other 42 16%
Unknown 64 25%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 33. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 January 2023.
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#1,181,939
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#5
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