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PRISMA statement update 2020

7. October 2020 | Sabine Klein | Keine Kommentare

The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA), the standard for the publication of systematic reviews and meta-analyses, have been updated [1]. The 2020 statement now replaces the 2009 statement. What’s new? a 27-item checklist an expanded checklist with detailed descriptions a checklist for abstracts revised flow diagrams for original and updated reviews […]

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It does not always have to be a systematic review

18. February 2020 | Sabine Klein | Keine Kommentare

The systematic review of randomised controlled trials (with or without meta-analysis) is an important tool when appraising e.g. the effectiveness of interventions, although its place on top of the evidence pyramid is being discussed (1). But apart from the systematic review, there is a number of other review types. In a recently published article 48 […]

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Best practice for systematic searching

14. November 2019 | Martina Gosteli | Keine Kommentare

In a standard literature search, relevant hits are searched for with a precise search query. The systematic literature search, on the other hand, should be so widespread that all potentially interesting literature on a topic is found. The challenge here is to formulate the search strategy broadly without achieving too many irrelevant hits. A systematic […]

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New edition of the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions

7. October 2019 | Martina Gosteli | Keine Kommentare

The Cochrane Handbook is the reference manual when conducting a systematic review of an intervention. Even when publication of the review is planned in another journal than Cochrane, this handbook includes essential guidance through the steps of conducting a review, e.g. planning, searching and selecting studies, data collection, synthesis, and (newly included) network meta-analysis.

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Checklists for systematic literature reviews

14. August 2019 | Martina Gosteli | Keine Kommentare

There are a number of checklists available for adhering to quality standards when conducting and reporting a systematic review of the literature. It has been shown that their implementation has led to a more complete reporting (1,2). Even though most quecklists are meant for reporting, they are worth consulting already when planning and conducting a […]

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Which databases must/should be searched when conducting a systematic review of the literature?

5. July 2019 | Martina Gosteli | Keine Kommentare

According to the Cochrane handbook, at least the databases Embase, Medline (e.g. via Medline/Ovid or PubMed) and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (TRIALS) must be searched for relevant literature (1). Depending on the investigated topic, specialised databases (e.g. Cinahl for nursing, PsycINFO for psychological interventions, AMED for complementary medicine, BIOSIS for life sciences, […]

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