Table 3.

A research agenda for exploring the impacts of dissemination bias on the findings of qualitative evidence syntheses

• Explore the impacts of dissemination bias on the findings of qualitative evidence syntheses
• Develop methods for identifying dissemination bias that can used by those conducting qualitative evidence syntheses
• Explore the interactions, if any, of dissemination bias and the other components of the CERQual approach (i.e. methodological limitations, coherence, adequacy and relevance)
• Identify potential interventions to reduce the impact of dissemination bias within qualitative evidence syntheses and evaluate their likely effectiveness