Systematic Reviews (SRs): Home

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Characteristics of a systematic review (SR):

• a clearly stated set of objectives with pre-defined eligibility criteria for included studies
• an explicit, reproducible methodology
• a systematic search that attempts to identify all studies that would meet the eligibility criteria
• an assessment of the validity of the findings of the included studies
• a systematic presentation, and synthesis, of the characteristics and findings of the included studies.

(Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions, 2011)