How to Read a Systematic Review
Systematic Reviews and if included meta-analyses are in-depth reviews of a specific clinical question. The systematic review contains the narrative portion and the meta-analysis contains the data and graphs portion. Quality systematic reviews follow a strict set of criteria for creation.
Instructions:
- Watch the video.
- Read the article The Role of Vitamin D in the Age of COVID‐19.pdf Download The Role of Vitamin D in the Age of COVID‐19.pdf
- Using the systematic review article linked above to identify the following (You may copy and paste the information):
- The research question (s).
- The population (Clear inclusion/ exclusion criteria).
- Intervention (s).
- Specific outcomes
- An explicit search strategy
- Results
- The synthesis (the most important part)
- Conclusions and recommendations
- Use of statistics (meta-analysis).
- Limitations