1. Patient involvement in different phases of HTA

1.7. Evaluation of qualitative research

Providing evidence on patient aspects: Evaluation of qualitative research

For assessing qualitative research in general patients can use the CASP Qualitative Checklist [9] which provides a number of questions for a systematic approach to evaluating qualitative research and why these aspects are important. The checklist is developed by experts in qualitative research under the Creative Commons license.

For the use of the checklist in an HTA patients can ask questions on whether:

  • the research findings are relevant for the patient perspectives in the HTA of interest
  • the patient population studied is representative for the local patients affected by the HTA-based decision