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Core principles and methods for conducting a systematic
review of health interventions
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Search for existing reviews to ensure a new review is justified
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Establish the review team
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Form an advisory group
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Draft the review protocol
Set out the methods to be used in the review, including:
Background Review question and inclusion criteria, Defining inclusion criteria, Identifying research evidence, Study selection, Data extraction, Quality assessment, Data synthesis and Dissemination
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Approval of the draft protocol
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Undertake the review
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Identifying research evidence for systematic reviews, including: Minimizing publication and language biases, Selecting electronic databases and other sources, Constructing the search strategy for electronic databases, Text mining, Updating literature searches, Current awareness, Managing references, Obtaining documents and Documenting the search
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Study selection
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Data extraction, including:
design, content, software, process and piloting
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Quality assessment, including:
assessing risk of bias, and appropriateness of study design
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Data synthesis, including:
Deciding on appropriate synthesis (quantitative/narrative) and initial descriptive synthesis
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Report writing, including peer review and feedback
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Archiving the review
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Disseminating the findings
Adapted from:
Systematic reviews: CRD’s guidance for undertaking reviews in health care. Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, 2008
