Dental public health

Question 1

Design a systemic review

Answer 1

1. Identify topic of clinical relevance and define a clear question (PICO)
   P: Patient, I: Intervention, C: Comparison, O: outcomes
2. Draft a research protocol
3. Search literature (published and unpublished) with keywords – Medline, Web of science, Pubmed, Cochrane
4. Select studies or reports for inclusion/exlusion criteria (study design, population, age, outcomes) PRISMA flow diagram
5. Data extraction – characteristics, participants, type of intervention, outcome measures tec
6. Critical appraisal of studies (quality assessment) – CASP checklist
7. Data synthesis – table of findings , meta-analyses, graphs
8. Interpret findings and present results (writing the report)