Also look to Grade and Cerqual to appraise a body of evidence, not just individual studies. Note the limitations of current QA approaches if considering mixed-method designs and complex and community-led interventions. There’s a series of papers published recently on the latter issues (not at a PC, but Mark Petticrew was one of the authors of the series). All the best, Andy. On 1 Mar 2019, at 17:33, Kev Hopayian <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Thanks, Angela. Sorry my last email did not go to whole group so including it now. That was a useful link. Respect is due to the Occupational Therapists for this awesome work. So interesting to see that my searches had not picked it up. Kev On 1 Mar 2019, at 17:09, Angela Benfield <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: https://srs-mcmaster.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Guidelines-for-Critical-Review-Form-Quantitative-Studies.pdf https://srs-mcmaster.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Critical-Review-Form-Quantitative-Studies-English.pdf On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 10:19 AM Kev Hopayian <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Thanks, Angie. Had a search on the site but not immediately obvious. Do you have a URL? On 1 Mar 2019, at 12:58, Angela Benfield <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Hi- The McMasters has one, but it is on the basic side. It is out of occupational therapy. It doesn’t do systematic reviews as they did not exist when it was published. Angie On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 5:48 AM Kev Hopayian <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Dear List, Does anyone know of a generic appraisal tool ie that can be used for any type of study? The ones mentioned in reference below do not seem to be truly generic Katrak, P 2004 A systematic review of the content of critical appraisal tools. 1325 36310 0 Prof. Kev (Kevork) Hopayian, MD FRCGP Clinical Professor, University of Nicosia, Cyprus RCGP [INT] Educational Consultant Sessional GP, Suffolk ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the EVIDENCE-BASED-HEALTH list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=EVIDENCE-BASED-HEALTH&A=1 ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the EVIDENCE-BASED-HEALTH list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=EVIDENCE-BASED-HEALTH&A=1 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the EVIDENCE-BASED-HEALTH list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=EVIDENCE-BASED-HEALTH&A=1