Doing a systematic review : a student's guide / edited by Angela Boland, M. Gemma Cherry, Rumona Dickson

Includes bibliographical references and index

Carrying out a systematic review as a master's thesis / Rumona Dickson, M. Gemma Chery and Angela Boland -- Planning and managing my review / Gerlinde Pilkington and Juliet Hounsome -- Defining my review question and identifying inclusion and exclusion criteria / M. Gemma Cherry and Rumona Dickson -- Developing my search strategy / Yenal Dundar and Nigel Fleeman -- Applying inclusion and exclusion criteria / Yenal Dundar and Nigel Fleeman -- Data extraction: where do I begin / Nigel Fleeman and Yenal Dundar -- Quality assessment: where do I begin? / Janette Greenhalgh and Tamara Brown -- Understanding and synthesizing numerical data from intervention studies / Michaela Brown and Barty Richardson -- Writing my discussion and conclusions / M. Gemma Cherry -- Disseminating my review / M. Gemma Cherry and Gerlinde Pilkington -- Reviewing qualitative evidence / M. Gemma Cherry, Helen Smith, Elizabeth Perkins and Angela Boland -- Reviewing economic evaluations / Angela Boland, Sophie Beale and M. Gemma Cherry

Structured around 10 key steps to complete the systematic review process, the new edition of the bestseller is the perfect guide to using the technique in a research project. Written in a friendly, accessible style by an expert team of authors with years of experience in both conducting and supervising systematic reviews, this is the perfect guide to using systematic review methodology in a research project. It provides clear answers to all review-related questions, including: - How do I formulate an appropriate review question? - What's the best way to manage my review? - How do I develop my search strategy? - How do I get started with data extraction? - How do I assess the quality of a study? - How can I analyse and synthesise my data? - How should I write up the discussion and conclusion sections of my dissertation or thesis?