Systematic reviews: understanding the best evidence for clinical decision-making in health care: pros and cons
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Article Title | Systematic reviews: understanding the best evidence for clinical decision-making in health care: pros and cons |
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ERA Journal ID | 16878 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Memon, Muhammed A. (Author), Khan, Shahjahan (Author), Alam, Khorshed (Author), Rahman, Md Mizanur (Author) and Yunus, Rossita M. (Author) |
Journal Title | Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques |
Journal Citation | 31 (2), pp. 234-240 |
Number of Pages | 7 |
Year | 2021 |
Publisher | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
Place of Publication | United States |
ISSN | 1530-4515 |
1534-4908 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1097/SLE.0000000000000889 |
Web Address (URL) | https://journals.lww.com/surgical-laparoscopy/Abstract/2021/04000/Systematic_Reviews__Understanding_the_Best.21.aspx |
Abstract | In the era of evidence-based decision-making, systematic reviews (SRs) are being widely used in many health care policies, government programs, and academic disciplines. SRs are detailed and comprehensive literature review of a specific research topic with a view to identifying, appraising, and synthesizing the research findings from various relevant primary studies. A SR therefore extracts the relevant summary information from the selected studies without bias by strictly adhering to the review procedures and protocols. This paper presents all underlying concepts, stages, steps, and procedures in conducting and publishing SRs. Unlike the findings of narrative reviews, the synthesized results of any SRs are reproducible, not subjective and bias free. However, there are a number of issues related to SRs that directly impact on the quality of the end results. If the selected studies are of high quality, the criteria of the SRs are fully satisfied, and the results constitute the highest level of evidence. It is therefore essential that the end users of SRs are aware of the weaknesses and strengths of the underlying processes and techniques so that they could assess the results in the correct perspective within the context of the research question. |
Keywords | systematic reviews; research synthesis, evidence-based decision-making; study design and bias; evidence-informed |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 420603. Health promotion |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Sciences |
School of Commerce | |
University of Tokyo, Japan | |
University of Malaya, Malaysia | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q64xv/systematic-reviews-understanding-the-best-evidence-for-clinical-decision-making-in-health-care-pros-and-cons
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