Presenting Results and 'Summary of Findings' Tables

Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions: Cochrane Book Series

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 335-357

  Schünemann, Holger J ^a   Oxman, Andrew D ^b   Higgins, Julian PT ^c,d   Vist, Gunn E ^b   Glasziou, Paul P ^e   Guyatt, Gordon H ^f  

^a REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UK COCHRANE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

'Data and analyses' Cochrane review section; 'Summary of findings' tables; Cochrane reviews and abstract writing; Forest plots and funnel plots in 'Data and analyses'; Plain language summary writing; Presenting results and 'summary of findings' tables; Results section review objectives; RevMan forest plots and funnel plots; Risk ratios, odds ratios and risk differences comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890740559     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470712184.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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