Hong, Quan Nha; Pluye, Pierre; Fabregues, Sergi; Bartlett, Gillian; Boardman, Felicity; Cargo, Margaret; Dagenais, Pierre; Gagnon, Marie-Pierre; Griffiths, Frances; Nicolau, Belinda; O'Cathain, Alicia; Rousseau, Marie-Claude 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5215-8086 et Vedel, Isabelle
(2019).
Improving the content validity of the mixed methods appraisal tool: a modified e-Delphi study
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
, vol. 111
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pp. 49-59.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2019.03.008.
Résumé
Objective: The mixed methods appraisal tool (MMAT) was developed for critically appraising different study designs. This study aimed to improve the content validity of three of the five categories of studies in the MMAT by identifying relevant methodological criteria for appraising the quality of qualitative, survey, and mixed methods studies.
Study Design and Setting: First, we performed a literature review to identify critical appraisal tools and extract methodological criteria. Second, we conducted a two-round modified e-Delphi technique. We asked three method-specific panels of experts to rate the relevance of each criterion on a five-point Likert scale.
Results: A total of 383 criteria were extracted from 18 critical appraisal tools and a literature review on the quality of mixed methods studies, and 60 were retained. In the first and second rounds of the e-Delphi, 73 and 56 experts participated, respectively. Consensus was reached for six qualitative criteria, eight survey criteria, and seven mixed methods criteria. These results led to modifications of eight of the 11 MMAT (version 2011) criteria. Specifically, we reformulated two criteria, replaced four, and removed two. Moreover, we added six new criteria.
Conclusion: Results of this study led to improve the content validity of this tool, revise it, and propose a new version (MMAT version 2018).
| Type de document: | Article |
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| Mots-clés libres: | Quality appraisal; Delphi technique; Systematic review; Qualitative research; Surveys; Mixed methods research |
| Centre: | Centre INRS-Institut Armand Frappier |
| Date de dépôt: | 11 janv. 2020 15:48 |
| Dernière modification: | 16 févr. 2022 14:58 |
| URI: | https://espace.inrs.ca/id/eprint/8592 |
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