From Arksey and O'Malley and Beyond: Customizations to enhance a team-based, mixed approach to scoping review methodology

Kristi K. Westphaln, Wendy Regoeczi, Marie Masotya, Bridget Vazquez-Westphaln, Kaitlin Lounsbury, Lolita McDavid, Hae Nim Lee, Jennifer Johnson, Sarah D. Ronis

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Abstract

This article presents a method of conducting a scoping review that synthesizes recommendations from previous literature while contributing additional customizations to enhance a team-based, mixed method approach. A form of knowledge synthesis, scoping reviews aim to describe the breadth of an existent knowledge base and inform future research, practice, and policy. Scoping review methodology has continued to evolve since the inception of the Arksey and O'Malley Framework in 2005. After examining recommendations from the body of literature on scoping review methodology and scoping reviews about scoping reviews, we found that teamwork and mixed method approaches were rarely addressed. Following the Arksey and O'Malley Framework, we discuss current recommendations within the literature, rationale for our customizations to enhance the method, and present an application of these customizations as illustrated in our companion article, “Outcomes and outputs affiliated with children's advocacy centers in the United States: A scoping review.”In sum, our enhancements to the Arksey and O'Malley Framework: • Explicitly integrate qualitative and quantitative assessment of the literature following best practices in mixed methods research, and, • Integrate a team-based approach throughout all stages of the scoping review process.

Original languageEnglish
Article number101375
JournalMethodsX
Volume8
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2021

Keywords

  • CA
  • Children's advocacy centers
  • Mixed method
  • REDCap
  • Scoping review
  • Scoping review
  • Team-based

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