Summarizing systematic reviews: Methodological development, conduct and reporting of an umbrella review approach

International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 132-140

  Aromataris, Edoardo ^a   Fernandez, Ritin ^b   Godfrey, Christina M ^c   Holly, Cheryl ^d   Khalil, Hanan ^e   Tungpunkom, Patraporn ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d New Jersey   (United States)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Overview; Research synthesis; Review of reviews; Systematic review; Umbrella review; Umbrella review methodology

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; E-MAIL; EXTRACT; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NOMENCLATURE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SYNTHESIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELECONFERENCE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL BIAS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84966269346     PISSN: 17441595     EISSN: 17441609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/XEB.0000000000000055     Document Type: Article

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