NURS 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Systematic Review, The Bmj
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Note: this guide is intended to highlight the most important features of critical appraisal. It is not all-inclusive, and does not represent any specific currently-available critical appraisal tool (cat). Comments (pico = patient intervention comparator outcomes . Were all populations in included studies similar (trying to determine homogeneity versus heterogeneity) Look at declarations of conflicts of interest and sources of funding. Identify all the main results/conclusions of this article. Preparation guidance for this general guide was obtained from the following sources: Guyatt, g, oxman, a. , kunz, r. , falck-ytter, y, alonso-coello, p, schinemann, h. (2008). Grade: an emerging consensus on rating quality of evidence and strength of recommendations. Woolf sh, grol r, hutchinson a, eccles m, grimshaw j. (1999). Clinical guidelines: potential benefits, limitations, and harms of clinical guidelines. Committee to advise the public health service on clinical practice guidelines iom. Clinical practice guidelines: directions for a new program. Vlayen, j. , aertgeerts, b, hannes, k, sermeus, w & ramaekers, d. (2005).
