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- Title
A practical guide to understanding systematic reviews and meta-analyses
- Authors
Neely, J. Gail; Magit, Anthony E.; Rich, Jason T.; Voelker, Courtney C.J.; Wang, Eric W.; Paniello, Randal C.; Nussenbaum, Brian; Bradley, Joseph P.
- Abstract
Abstract: A systematic review is a transparent and unbiased review of available information. The published systematic review must report the details of the conduct of the review as one might report the details of a primary research project. A meta-analysis is a powerful and rigorous statistical approach to synthesize data from multiple studies, preferably obtained from a systematic review, in order to enlarge the sample size from smaller studies to test the original hypothesis and/or to generate new ones. The objective of this article is to serve as an easy to read practical guide to understand systematic reviews and meta-analyses for those reading them and for those who might plan to prepare them.
- Subjects
SYSTEMATIC reviews; META-analysis; MEDICAL research; DATA analysis; MEDICAL literature
- Publication
Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, 2010, Vol 142, Issue 1, p6
- ISSN
0194-5998
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1016/j.otohns.2009.09.005