lNICE checklist is based on checklists in:
lSpencer L.
Ritchie J, Lewis J, Dillon L (2003) Quality in qualitative evaluation: a framework for assessing
research evidence. London: Government Chief Social Researchers
Office. Available from:
lwww.strategy.gov.uk/downloads/su/qual/downloads/qqe_rep.pdf
lPublic Health Resource Unit England (2006)
Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) making sense of evidence: 10
questions to help you make sense of qualitative research . Available from:
lwww.phru.nhs.uk/Doc_Links/Qualitative%20Appraisal%20Tool.pdf
lNational Training and Research Appraisal
Group (NTRAG); contact: www.ntrag.co.uk
lBritish Sociological Association (BSA); contact:
www.britsoc.co.uk
lI Methodology checklist: qualitative studies
l© National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
(January 2009)
See also
lTugwell P, Petticrew M, Kristjansson E, Welch V, Ueffing E,
Waters E, Bonnefoy J,
Morgan A, Doohan E, Kelly MP 2010 Assessing equity in systematic reviews:
realising the recommendations of the Commission on Social Determinants
of Health
BMJ 341: c4739 doi: 10.1136/bmj.c4739
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Welch
V,
Tugwell P, Petticrew M,
de Montigny J, Ueffing E, Kristjansson B, McGowan J, Benkhalti Jandu M, Wells GA, Brand K, Smylie J. 2010
How effects on health equity are assessed in systematic reviews of
interventions. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2010 Dec
8;12:MR000028
Hope all this helps...
(sorry about the berserk formatting: don't know what is
happening here)