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Systematic reviews

A guide that outlines the process for conducting a systematic review.

• Starting the review
• About systematic reviews
  • Systematic review - Definition
  • Evidence based practice
  • Systematic review vs. Literature review
  • Types of reviews
• Research question
• Protocol
• Search
  • Plan your search
  • Sources to search
  • Search example
• Screen and analyse
• Synthesise
• Write
• Guides and software
• Further help

Systematic review - Definition

A systematic review is a type of secondary evidence that summarises research that has already been published.

Systematic reviews, according to Wright, et al., are defined as a:

“review of the evidence on a clearly formulated question that uses systematic and explicit methods to identify, select and critically appraise relevant primary research, and to extract and analyze data from the studies that are included in the review.”