Systematic Reviews - resources
Guidance
- PRISMA - (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) the PRISMA Statement is an update and expansion of the now-out dated QUOROM Statement.
- MOOSE - a proposal for reporting meta-analysis of observational studies in epidemiology
- QUADAS - quality assessment tool for use in systematic reviews of diagnostic accuracy studies
- Cochrane Reviewers' Handbook
- Cochrane review production resources
- Undertaking Systematic Reviews of Research on Effectiveness - CRD Report Number 4. 2nd Edition
- Systematic Reviews: CRD’s guidance for undertaking reviews in health care -Mar-09
Books
Journal Articles
Systematic reviews in health care from The British Medical Journal 2001
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- Assessing the quality of controlled clinical trials
- Investigating and dealing with publication and other biases in meta-analysis
- Systematic reviews of evaluations of diagnostic and screening tests
- Systematic reviews of evaluations of prognostic variables
Meta-Analysis Series from The British Medical Journal 1997
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- Meta-analysis: Potentials and Promise
- Meta-analysis: Principles and Procedures
- Meta-analysis: Beyond the Grand Mean
- Bias in Location and Selection of Studies
- Spurious Precision: Meta-analysis of Observational Studies
- Meta-analysis: Unresolved Issues and Future Developments
Annals of Internal Medicine Articles 1997
- Systematic Reviews: Synthesis of Best Evidence for Clinical Decisions
- Using Numerical Results from Systematic Reviews in Clinical Practice
- The Relation between Systematic Reviews and Practice Guidelines
- Quantitative Synthesis in Systematic Reviews
Other Resources
- On-line lecture on how to conduct a Meta-analysis
- STATS - STeve's Attempt to Teach Statistics
Page last edited: 31 January 2010
