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The purpose of this assignment is to summarize and synthesize the evidence. This is one of the most difficult parts of a review. 

The task for this assignment is to write a first draft of evidence synthesis and conclusion.

I would like you to think of this as similar to what other systematic review articles included under Results and Discussion. For the evidence synthesis assignment, describe the studies collectively, not one at a time, and then synthesize the themes and findings across the studies. Discuss the limitations of your review. For the conclusion, discuss the overall findings and the implications of these findings. Then, make your practice recommendations based on the evidence you synthesized.

Results: First, describes studies collectively and second, synthesizes themes and findings across studies.

Discussion: First, discusses overall findings; second discusses implications of overall findings; third, discusses limitations of the review; fourth, makes practice recommendations based on the evidence synthesized.

Evidence synthesis is organized effectively (paragraphs are in a logical order) with logical connections between paragraphs, sub-headings are used as appropriate, well-written and free from grammatical and spelling errors.

ARTICLES (12) describe the studies collectively, not one at a time, and then synthesize the themes and findings across the studies

Maleki et al., “A Randomised Controlled Trial of Clinical Pharmacy Intervention versus Standard Care to Improve Medication Adherence in Outpatients with Head and Neck Cancer Receiving Radiotherapy.”

Qian et al., “Associations of Patient-Reported Care Satisfaction with Symptom Burden and Healthcare Use in Hospitalized Patients with Cancer.”

Chasen et al., “Attitudes of Oncologists towards Palliative Care and the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) at an Ontario Cancer Center in Canada.”

Andersson et al., “Benefits of Using the Brief Pain Inventory in Patients with Cancer Pain: An Intervention Study Conducted in Swedish Hospitals.”

Barbera et al., “Does Routine Symptom Screening with ESAS Decrease ED Visits in Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Adjuvant Chemotherapy?”

Shamieh et al., “Impact of Outpatient Palliative Care (PC) on Symptom Burden in Patients with Advanced Cancer at a Tertiary Cancer Center in Jordan.”

Green et al., “Oncology Nurses’ Attitudes Toward the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System: Results From a Large Cancer Care Ontario Study.”

Chi-Leung Chiang, Sing-Hung Lo, and Agarwal, “Prognostic Factors for Survival Prediction in Advanced Cancer Patients and Development of a Simple Survival Prediction Tool for Application in a Community Palliative Care Setting: A Retrospective Cohort Study.”

Ihler and Sæteren, “Registered Nurses’ Experiences of Using ESAS to Map Cancer Patients’ Symptoms.”

Koesel et al., “Symptom Distress: Implementation of Palliative Care Guidelines to Improve Pain, Fatigue, and Anxiety in Patients with Advanced Cancer.”

Diplock et al., “The Impact of Automated Screening with Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) on Health-Related Quality of Life, Supportive Care Needs, and Patient Satisfaction with Care in 268 Ambulatory Cancer Patients.”

Perez et al., “The McGill University Health Centre Cancer Pain Clinic: A Retrospective Analysis of an Interdisciplinary Approach to Cancer Pain Management.”