Summary
The papers in this collection provide methodological guidance for those who want to understand the role of systematic reviews, critically appraise published reviews or perform reviews themselves. The focus is on heathcare interventions, but the principles and methods are appropriate for use in other disciples, for those who need to find, appraise and interpret evidence and incorporate it into decisions.
Contents
Part 1. Cochrane Reviews – 1. Introduction / Sally Green & others – 2. Preparing a Cochrane review / Sally Green & Julian P.T. Higgins – 3. Maintaining reviews: updates, amendments and feedback / Julian P.T. Higgins, Sally Green and Rob J.P.M. Scholten – 4. Guide to the contents of a Cochrane protocol and review / Julian P.T. Higgins and Sally Green –
Part 2. General Methods for Cochrane Reviews – 5. Defining the review question and developing criteria for including studies / Denise O'Connor, Sally Green and Julian P.T. Higgins – 6. Searching for studies / Carol Lefebvre, Eric Manheimer and Julie Glanville – 7. Selecting studies and collecting data / Julian P.T. Higgins and Jonathan J. Deeks – 8. Assessing risk of bias in included studies / Julian P.T. Higgins and Douglas G. Altman – 9. Analysing data and undertaking meta-analyses / Jonathan J. Deeks, Julian P.T. Higgins and Douglas G. Altman – 10. Addressing reporting biases / edited by Jonathan A.C. Sterne, Matthias Egger and David Moher – 11. Presenting results and 'summary of findings' tables / Holger J. Schünemann and others – 12. Interpreting results and drawing conclusions / Holger J. Schünemann and others –
Part 3. Special Topics – 13. Including non-randomized studies / Barnaby C. Reeves and others – 14. Adverse effects / Yoon K. Loke, Deirdre Price and Andrew Herxheimer – 15. Incorporating economics evidence / Ian Shemilt and others – 16. Special topics in statistics / Julian P.T. Higgins, Jonathan J. Deeks and Douglas G. Altman – 17. Patient-reported outcomes / Donald L. Patrick, Gordon H. Guyatt & Catherine Acquadro – 18. Reviews of individual patient data / Lesley A. Stewart, Jayne F. Tierney and Mike Clarke – 19. Prospective meta-analysis / Davina Ghersi, Jesse Berlin and Lisa Askie – 20. Qualitative research and Cochrane reviews / Jane Noyes and others – 21. Reviews in health promotion and public health / Rebecca Armstrong, Elizabeth Waters & Jodie Doyle – 22. Overviews of reviews / Lorne A. Becker and Andrew D. Oxman.