Systematic reviews to answer health care questions / Heidi D. Nelson, MD, MPH, Research Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health & Science University, Medical Director, Cancer Prevention and Screening, Providence Cancer Center, Providence Health and Services, Portland, Oregon.
1. Systematic reviews -- 2. Defining the topic and scope and developing research questions, analytic frameworks, and protocols -- 3. Building the systematic review team, engaging stakeholders, and managing the project -- 4. Determining inclusion and exclusion criteria for studies -- 5. Conducting searches for relevant studies -- 6. Selecting studies for inclusion -- 7. Extracting data from studies and constructing evidence tables -- 8. Assessing quality and applicability of studies -- 9. Qualitative analysis -- 10. Quantitative analysis -- 11. Assessing and rating the strength of the body of evidence -- 12. Preparing and disseminating the report.
Summary
This book shows readers how to use scientific methods to identify, select, assess, and summarize the findings of studies in order to answer health care questions.
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