Quality and clarity in systematic review abstracts: an empirical study

Research Synthesis Methods

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 447-458

  Tsou, Amy Y ^a,b   Treadwell, Jonathan R ^a  

^a ECRI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical significance; minimally important difference; PRISMA; reporting quality; systematic review abstracts

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; DECISION MAKING; DOCUMENTATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING AS TOPIC; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY;

EID: 84995545963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17592887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jrsm.1221     Document Type: Review

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