Hello,
As part of a mixed methods systematic review, I am assessing the risk of bias in quantitative studies, the majority of which are pre-post test, single group in which there is no intervention as such, but exposure to a life transition.
I'm looking for ideas for appropriate tools to use? Cochrane does not seem to have anything that will work, EPPI Centre is focused on qualitative, and other tools such as AXIS and Newcastle-Ottowa don't fit the methodology so I'm feeling a little stuck?
Is a narrative approach appropriate with a coded table and headings taken from other tools? It doesn't seem ideal.
Thank you so much for reading.
Hi Marianne Cranwell
See if these help:
1: https://www.researchgate.net/post/Does_a_single_arm_meta-analysis_on_single_arm_clinical_trials_make_sense
2: Example: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK379970/table/appd.t3/
3: https://www.cogentoa.com/article/10.1080/2331205X.2017.1334318.pdf
4: Article Opportunities and challenges in using studies without a cont...
I'm not sure why you are making a distinction between a researcher-created intervention versus a naturally occurring life event. From a design point of view these would seem to be the same, and would thus involve the same analysis choices (e.g., a paired comparisons t-Test).
Please go through the link:
https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/study-quality-assessment-tools
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