Defining the criteria for including studies and how they will be grouped for the synthesis
Year: 2019
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: This chapter describes the processes by which the structure of the synthesis can be mapped out at the beginning of the systematic review, and the interplay between the review question, considerations for the analysis and their operationalization in terms of eligibility criteria. Decisions about which studies to include (and exclude), and how they will be combined in the review's synthesis, should be documented and justified in the review protocol. The chapter focuses on the review population, intervention(s), comparator(s) and outcomes (PICO) and the PICO for each synthesis as a basis for specifying which studies should be included in the review and planning its syntheses. These PICOs should relate clearly and directly to the questions or hypotheses that are posed when the review is formulated and will involve specifying the population in question, and a set of comparisons between the intervention groups.
Source: Wiley eBooks
Language: English
Subfield: Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2940428027