FNR 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Medical Subject Headings (Mesh), Psycinfo, Cinahl
5 Mar 2018
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Fnr201 week 2 systematic literature review (slr) Hierarchy of evidence based medicine: systematic review/meta-analysis rct"s is highest standard of evidence (gold standard, narrative literature reviews have concern with potentially picking evidence that tell your chosen story best, systematic reviews choose all the evidence. Systematic search: before a lit search can begin, there are several criteria to consider. Step 3: conduct a formal literature search strategy. Jadad tool used to assess quality in rct"s. Is it clear who makes up the sample? (i. e. study inclusion and exclusion criteria) Step 7: data extraction: data extraction records the key criteria identified in the critical appraisal to assess the quality of the research study. Iii: once data has been collected, critically appraised and necessary data extracted, the next step is to synthesize the findings of the articles reviewed. Step 8: with the collection of multiple studies, it is most likely that there will be heterogeneity in study patient populations, intervention types and outcomes.
