Defining the Review Question and Developing Criteria for Including Studies

Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions: Cochrane Book Series

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 81-94

  O'Connor, Denise ^a   Green, Sally ^a   Higgins, Julian PT ^b,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UK COCHRANE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'types of participants' criteria; Changing review questions; Cochrane Collaboration and randomized trials; Cochrane review important outcomes; Defining review question and developing criteria; Diagnostic criteria and diagnosing condition of interest; Main outcomes inclusion 'Summary of findings' table; Systematic review preparation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890736325     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470712184.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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