OBJECTIVE: To assist investigators planning, coordinating, and conducting systematic
reviews in the selection of data-extraction tools for conducting systematic reviews. STUDY …

Objective Data extraction is a prerequisite for analyzing, summarizing, and interpreting
evidence in systematic reviews. Yet guidance is limited, and little is known about current …

Objectives As time and cost constraints in the conduct of systematic reviews increase, the
need to consider the use of existing systematic reviews also increases. We developed …

Background Data extraction forms link systematic reviews with primary research and provide
the foundation for appraising, analysing, summarising and interpreting a body of evidence …

OBJECTIVE: Systematic reviewers often use a “best evidence” approach to address the key
questions, but what is meant by “best” is often unclear. The goal of this project was to create …

OBJECTIVES: The reporting of the search methods used in systematic reviews has
implications for how systematic reviews are critically appraised, their reproducibility and how …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the measures taken to deal with publication bias across different
categories of systematic reviews published in 2006 and to compare these with reviews …

Objective: To evaluate the reporting and methodological quality of overviews of systematic
reviews. Method: We developed an 18‐item assessment tool for overviews of systematic …

Introduction As standardized reporting requirements for systematic reviews are being
adopted more widely, review authors are under greater pressure to accurately record their …

Background Different approaches can be adopted for the development of search strategies
of systematic reviews. The objective approach draws on already established text analysis …