Chapter 5. Defining the Review Question and Developing Criteria for Including Studies
- Julian PT Higgins Senior Statistician Visiting Fellow1,
- Sally Green Professorial Fellow Director2
Published Online: 22 SEP 2008
DOI: 10.1002/9780470712184.ch5
Copyright © 2008 The Cochrane Collaboration
Book Title
Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions: Cochrane Book Series
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How to Cite
O'Connor, D., Green, S. and Higgins, J. P. (2008) Defining the Review Question and Developing Criteria for Including Studies, in Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions: Cochrane Book Series (eds J. P. Higgins and S. Green), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9780470712184.ch5
Editor Information
- 1
MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- 2
Australasian Cochrane Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Publication History
- Published Online: 22 SEP 2008
- Published Print: 26 SEP 2008
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9780470699515
Online ISBN: 9780470712184
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- systematic review preparation;
- diagnostic criteria and diagnosing condition of interest;
- ‘types of participants’ criteria;
- defining review question and developing criteria;
- Cochrane review important outcomes;
- main outcomes inclusion - ‘Summary of findings’ table;
- Cochrane Collaboration and randomized trials;
- changing review questions
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
Questions and eligibility criteria
Defining types of participants: which people and populations?
Defining types of interventions: which comparisons to make?
Defining types of outcomes: which outcome measures are most important?
Defining types of study
Defining the scope of a review question (broad versus narrow)
Changing review questions
Chapter information
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