How should we evaluate research on counselling and the treatment of depression? A case study on how the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's draft 2018 guideline for depression considered what counts as best evidence.
Michael BarkhamNaomi Petra MollerJoanne PybisPublished in: Counselling and psychotherapy research (2017)
Specifications in NICE's updated guideline procedures allow for data other than RCTs and meta-analyses to be included. Accordingly, there is a need to include large standardised collected data sets from routine practice as well as the voice of patients via high-quality qualitative research.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- quality improvement
- end stage renal disease
- meta analyses
- depressive symptoms
- systematic review
- electronic health record
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- public health
- big data
- newly diagnosed
- randomized controlled trial
- palliative care
- primary care
- peritoneal dialysis
- sleep quality
- prognostic factors
- mental health
- data analysis
- peripheral blood
- health information
- risk assessment
- pain management
- chronic pain
- social media
- smoking cessation
- men who have sex with men
- health promotion
- combination therapy
- human health