Evaluating the Evidence
- Critical Appraisal ToolsWorksheets for critical appraisal of various study types.
- Risk of BiasCochrane Collaboration tool for assessing risk of bias in randomized controlled trials
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What is a Systematic Review?
A systematic review is a literature review with distinguishing features that set it apart from other review papers:
- Clearly stated research question, usually framed using PICO
- Explicitly stated search strategy including search terms and databases used in the search
- Clearly defined inclusion and exclusion criteria for selecting the studies under review
- Synthesis of all the available evidence on a topic
Finding Systematic Reviews
- Medline via OvidUpdated daily, MEDLINE via Ovid contains the citations for journal articles from more than 5,500 biomedicine and life sciences journals.
- Cochrane LibraryHigh-quality, evidence-based medicine databases, including Cochrane database of systematic reviews.
- PubMed: Clinical Queries FilterAutomatically filters PubMed results to systematic reviews, meta-analyses and clinical study categories.
Guidelines for Conducting Systematic Reviews
- Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of InterventionsConsult Part 2: General Methods
- PRISMA StatementUsed as a basis for reporting systematic reviews of research, particularly evaluations of interventions.
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