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Research results have expiration dates: ensuring timely systematic reviews
Author(s) -
Barroso Julie,
Sandelowski Margarete,
Voils Corrine I.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of evaluation in clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.737
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1365-2753
pISSN - 1356-1294
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2006.00729.x
Subject(s) - relevance (law) , systematic review , expiration date , inclusion (mineral) , management science , inclusion and exclusion criteria , medicine , process (computing) , interpretation (philosophy) , medline , alternative medicine , computer science , engineering ethics , psychology , pathology , political science , engineering , social psychology , chemistry , food science , law , programming language , operating system
Time and timeliness are key issues in appraising and ensuring the clinical relevance of systematic reviews. Time considerations entering the systematic review process include the history of the clinical problem, disease, or treatment that is the target of the review, and the history of the research conducted to address it. These considerations guide: (i) formulation of the research problems and questions; (ii) setting of parameters for the search and retrieval of studies; (iii) determination of inclusion and exclusion criteria; (iv) appraisal of the clinical relevance of findings; (v) selection of the findings that will be synthesized; and (vi) interpretation of the results of that synthesis.