Systematic Review: Guidelines

Selected Books 

Guidelines 

Guides & Methods

• Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions 
• Finding What Works in Health Care (IOM Standards for Systematic Reviews)
• Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Review of Diagnostic Test Accuracy
• Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness

Standards & Checklist 

The evaluation and assessment of published literature is an essential step in the systematic review preparation process. The standards and checklists are used to assess the quality of different types of published literature.

• EQUATOR Network - reporting guidelines for study type
  • AGREE - Reporting Checklist: a tool to improve reporting of clinical practice guidelines
  • CARE – Consensus-based Clinical Reporting Guideline Development is focused on reporting of case studies at the point of care.
  • CONSORT – Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials provides criteria for an evaluation of reported RCT studies.
  • GRISP – Strengthening the Reporting of Genetic Risk Prediction Studies focused on genetic risk prediction studies.
  • PRISMA - Assessment of the quality of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
  • STARD – Standard for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy provides recommendations for reporting studies of diagnostic accuracy.
  • STROBE – Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology is used for an assessment of observational, cohort, case-control, and cross-sectional studies.
  • SRQR – Standards for Reporting Qualitative Researches guide researchers on reporting criteria for qualitative research
  • TREND - Transparent Reporting of Evaluations with Non-randomized Designs used for reporting non-randomized studies in behavioral and public health. 
  • MOOSE - Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology used for assessment of epidemiological studies.

Protocol 

A systematic review protocol describes the rationale, hypothesis, and planned methods of the review that should be prepared before a review is started and used as a guide to carry out the review. PRISMA

• Information about writing systematic review protocol at PRISMA.

Information Resources 

• Additional information resources used in conducting of systematic reviews are described in the systematic review process steps at the Systematic Review Process.

For more information, books, and journals, browse DML Book Catalog and DML A-Z Journal Catalog, and DML Database Catalog. Consider also to schedule Consultation on finding associated resources on conducting a systematic review.