Literature search strategies for conducting knowledge-building and theory-generating qualitative systematic reviews
Literature search strategies for conducting knowledge-building and theory-generating qualitative systematic reviews
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1365-2648.2012.06037.x
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发表时间：
2013-01-01
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Johnson, E. Diane
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作者：
Finfgeld-Connett, Deborah;Johnson, E. Diane
瞄准报告文献检索策略，以进行知识构建和理论生成的定性系统评价。背景定性系统评价是一个从知识构建和理论生成到汇总和总结的连续体。需要不同类型的文献检索来最佳支持这些不同的综述。数据源文章发表于1989年秋。使用解释学方法和多种文献检索策略识别这些文件。讨论在进行知识构建和理论生成的系统评价时，冗余度不是有效性的唯一衡量标准。在进行这些类型的综述时，文献检索应与充分阐明概念及其相互关系的目标一致。为了实现这一目标，建议沿着浆果采摘的方法与策略，克服障碍，找到定性研究报告。影响。为了提高知识构建和理论生成系统评价的完整性，尽管文献检索过程很复杂，但仍敦促评价者使文献检索过程尽可能透明。这包括充分解释和合理化所使用的数据库和如何搜索。这也意味着描述如何进行文献跟踪和灰色文献检索。最后，停止搜寻的决定也需要得到充分解释和合理解释。结论预先确定的线性检索策略不太可能生成足以进行知识构建和理论生成定性系统综述的检索结果。相反，建议迭代搜索策略随着评论的发展而形成。
Aim. To report literature search strategies for the purpose of conducting knowledge-building and theory-generating qualitative systematic reviews. Background. Qualitative systematic reviews lie on a continuum from knowledge-building and theory-generating to aggregating and summarizing. Different types of literature searches are needed to optimally support these dissimilar reviews. Data sources. Articles published between 1989Autumn 2011. These documents were identified using a hermeneutic approach and multiple literature search strategies. Discussion. Redundancy is not the sole measure of validity when conducting knowledge-building and theory-generating systematic reviews. When conducting these types of reviews, literature searches should be consistent with the goal of fully explicating concepts and the interrelationships among them. To accomplish this objective, a berry picking approach is recommended along with strategies for overcoming barriers to finding qualitative research reports. Implications. To enhance integrity of knowledge-building and theory-generating systematic reviews, reviewers are urged to make literature search processes as transparent as possible, despite their complexity. This includes fully explaining and rationalizing what databases were used and how they were searched. It also means describing how literature tracking was conducted and grey literature was searched. In the end, the decision to cease searching also needs to be fully explained and rationalized. Conclusion. Predetermined linear search strategies are unlikely to generate search results that are adequate for purposes of conducting knowledge-building and theory-generating qualitative systematic reviews. Instead, it is recommended that iterative search strategies take shape as reviews evolve.