Reference no: EM133145234

RMH4013-N Designing Research Projects - Teesside University

Systematic review

Research Design
• What design do you intend to use?
• Why?
• What are its weaknesses?
• Why is it the appropriate design to answer your research question?

Criteria for selecting studies into the review
• What are your inclusion and exclusion criteria?
• With specific reference to your exclusion criteria - why have you chosen these?
• Have you summarised your inclusion and exclusion criteria using the PIO/PICO components?

Comprehensive search
• Have you provided a detailed overview of your comprehensive search so that somebody else could replicate this?
• Consider Boolean operators
• Consider which databases you propose to search and why
• Are there any other places you could search for literature?

1st and 2nd selection
• Have you provided a clear and explicit overview of the selection process?
• Have you provided a rationale for this?
• Have you considered methods to ensure the reliability of this process?
• Have you provided an academic justification for this process?

Assessment of methodological quality
• Have you chosen the appropriate tool for your proposed included studies?
• Have you considered methods to enhance the reliability of this process?
• Have you considered giving a numerical score for overall quality?
• Have you considered the strengths and weaknesses of your approach?

Data extraction
• Have you provided a detailed overview of what you will extract from your included papers?
• Have you considered how you ensure this process is robust?
• Have you provided a draft data extraction form in the appendix?
• Have you provided an academic justification for the content in this section?

Data analysis/ synthesis
• What is your proposed data analysis/ synthesis approach?
• What is this approach? What are its strengths and weaknesses?
• Why have you chosen this approach?
• If using a Meta-Analysis, consider 95% prediction intervals

Attachment:- Systematic review.rar