Systematic review, meta-analysis, and clinical practice guidelines Flashcards
purpose of a systematic review
summarize and critique all evidence on a specific topic to answer a question
components of a systematic review
systematic, scientific process, methods must be described, clear inclusion and exclusion criteria, research or PICOT question, generalizable
parts of a systematic review
introduction, methods, results, discussion
introduction
usually includes significance and research/PICOT question
methods
search strategy, inclusion and exclusion criteria, process for data extraction and reiview
results
number of studies, characteristics of studies, evidence table
discussion
synthesis of findings including quality of the evidence, limitations, recommendations
what is the purpose of a meta-analysis
summarize and critique all evidence on a specific topic to answer a question and conduct a statistical analysis of results
what is the statistical outcome from a meta-analysis
how much of a difference is there between the intervention and control
how is the statistical out come presented
forest plot/ less than 1 intervention worked
similarities between systematic review and meta-analysis
both are research about research, use a scientific research
differences between systematic review and meta-analysis
meta-analysis uses numbers, systematic review uses words
clinical practice guidelines
systematical developed statements or recommendations for practice
what should clinical guidelines include?
scope and purpose
