BMC Medical Research Methodology

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Building blocks for meta-synthesis: data integration tables for summarising, mapping, and synthesising evidence on interventions for communicating with health consumers

Rebecca E Ryan1, Caroline A Kaufman1,2 and Sophie J Hill1*

Author Affiliations

1 Cochrane Consumers and Communication Review Group, Australian Institute for Primary Care, La Trobe University 3086, Victoria, Australia

2 University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA, 01604, USA

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BMC Medical Research Methodology 2009, 9:16 doi:10.1186/1471-2288-9-16

Published: 4 March 2009

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Table 4. Data integration table: Worked example of Steps 1–4. The data illustrates a worked example on a Cochrane review of the complex lay-led self-management intervention, using the methods described in the manuscript.

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