Q-SEA - a tool for quality assessment of ethics analyses conducted as part of health technology assessments

摘要: Introduction: Assessment of ethics issues is an important part health technology assessments (HTA). However, in terms existence quality assessment tools, for HTA methodologically underdeveloped comparison to other areas HTA, such as clinical or cost effectiveness. Objective: To advance by: (1) proposing and elaborating Q-SEA, the first instrument analyses, (2) applying Q-SEA a sample systematic review order illustrate facilitate its use. Methods: develop list items instrument, we systematically reviewed literature on methodology organizations' websites, solicited views from 32 experts field at two 2-day workshops. We subsequently refined through application analysis conducted HTA. Results: consists domains - process domain output domain. The 5 elements: research question, search, inclusion/exclusion criteria, perspective, framework. completeness, bias, implications, conceptual clarification, conflicting values. Conclusion: analyses Further refinements enhance usability continue.