Systematic Review: Key Steps.
| 1. Assemble review team 2. Define the Research Question 3. Create the Review Protocol 4. Designing the search strategy 5. Study selection (Initial and advanced screening) |
6. Critical appraisal / Bias assessment 7. Date Extraction 8. Data Synthesis 9. Reporting 10. Dissemination |
Protocol:
Introduction – aims of the review – background – review question • Methods – literature search – electronic searches – searching other resources – inclusion criteria • study selection • quality assessment • data extraction • data synthesis • results/findings • discussion • plans for dissemination
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Standards for reporting and process outline for Systematic Reviews
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