EuroMov Digital Health in Motion, University of Montpellier, IMT Mines Ales, Montpellier, France.
Direction de la Recherche et de l'Innovation en Santé - Korian, GCS CIPS, Lodève, France.
Syst Rev. 2023 Jul 14;12(1):122. doi: 10.1186/s13643-023-02268-4.
Evaluating the adaptability of human functions and behavior has become a subject of growing interest due to aging populations and the increased prevalence of chronic diseases. Various research traditions, based on complex systems theories, have addressed the adaptability of human functions and behavior. However, despite the different research traditions, no review has so far compared them to provide a reliable and useful synthetic tool. Based on an adapted methodology, study objectives are to refine common and divergent traits in the way adaptability of the human functions and behavior has been studied via complex system approaches, with a special focus on aging and chronic diseases. In order to meet this objective, we will use the methodology of the meta-narrative review, and we present in this article the protocol that we will follow.
The meta-narrative review explores the contrasting and complementary ways in which researchers have studied a subject in order to synthesize information and extract theoretical and applied recommendations. In order to carry out this protocol, we detail our methodology of article extraction, coding, and synthesis. We present the six main stages of our review, from the planning stage to the recommendation stage, and the way we will implement the six principles that underpin the construction of a meta-narrative review.
The use of a meta-narrative review methodology will yield greater visibility and comprehension of the adaptability of human functions and behavior studied via complex systems-based approaches. In a broader perspective, this paper is also geared to help future researchers carry out a meta-narrative review by highlighting the main challenges encountered and anticipated as well as elements to be taken into account before starting such a project.
由于人口老龄化和慢性病的高发，评估人类功能和行为的适应性已成为一个日益受到关注的课题。基于复杂系统理论的各种研究传统已经研究了人类功能和行为的适应性。然而，尽管存在不同的研究传统，但迄今为止，还没有对它们进行比较，以提供一个可靠和有用的综合工具。本研究基于一种改进的方法，旨在通过复杂系统方法研究人类功能和行为的适应性方面的共同和不同特征，重点关注衰老和慢性病。为了实现这一目标，我们将使用元叙事综述的方法，并在本文中介绍我们将遵循的方案。
元叙事综述探讨了研究人员研究一个主题的对比和互补方式，以便综合信息并提取理论和应用建议。为了执行本方案，我们详细说明了我们的文章提取、编码和综合方法。我们介绍了综述的六个主要阶段，从规划阶段到建议阶段，以及我们将如何实施构建元叙事综述的六个原则的方式。
使用元叙事综述方法将提高通过基于复杂系统的方法研究人类功能和行为的适应性的可见性和理解。从更广泛的角度来看，本文还旨在通过突出遇到和预期的主要挑战以及在开始此类项目之前需要考虑的要素，帮助未来的研究人员进行元叙事综述。
