Clinical systematic reviews – a brief overview

Mayura Thilanka Iddagoda; Leon Flicker

doi:10.1186/s12874-023-02047-8

Clinical systematic reviews – a brief overview

Mayura Thilanka Iddagoda
, Leon Flicker

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Abstract

Objective: Systematic reviews answer research questions through a defined methodology. It is a complex task and multiple articles need to be referred to acquire wide range of required knowledge to conduct a systematic review. The aim of this article is to bring the process into a single paper. Method: The statistical concepts and sequence of steps to conduct a systematic review or a meta-analysis are examined by authors. Results: The process of conducting a clinical systematic review is described in seven manageable steps in this article. Each step is explained with examples to understand the method evidently. Conclusion: A complex process of conducting a systematic review is presented simply in a single article.

Original language	English
Article number	226
Journal	BMC Medical Research Methodology
Volume	23
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-023-02047-8
Publication status	Published - Dec 2023

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