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Table 4 Recommendations for practice and policy from mixed methods and stand-alone qualitative papers

From: Including mixed methods research in systematic reviews: Examples from qualitative syntheses in TB and malaria control

 

Health education only

Health education/ Intervention

Policy recommendations

Intervention only

No recommendations

Research implications

Qualitative studies

TB review (n = 21)

2 (10%)

9 (43%)

2 (10%)

6 (29%)

2 (10%)

9 (43%)

Malaria review (n = 19)

2 (11%)

12 (63%)

0 (0%)

4 (21%)

0 (0%)

7 (37%)

Total (n = 40)

4 (10%)

21 (53%)

2 (5%)

10 (25%)

2 (5%)

16 (40%)

Mixed methods studies

TB review (n = 14)

2 (14%)

3 (21%)

0 (0%)

8 (57%)

0 (0%)

7 (50%)

Malaria review (n = 24)

2 (8%)

10 (42%)

2 (8%)

6 (25%)

0 (0%)

9 (38%)

Total (n = 38)

4 (11%)

13 (34%)

2 (5%)

14 (37%)

0 (0%)

16 (42%)