CHAPTER 12

Systemic Review Process

100

Use of a systematic process to identify, appraise, and synthesize all relevant studies on a topic.

What is a systemic review?

200

The systemic review process helps for creation of this.

What are clinical practice guidelines?

300

TRUE OR FALSE: Systemic reviews involve inclusion and exclusion criteria.

TRUE

400

Follows established guidelines for conducting systematic reviews, which take about 12-18 months to complete.

What is the evidence analysis library?

500

TRUE OR FALSE: The evidence analysis library uses the systemic review process. 

TRUE

Meta-Analysis

100

A statistical technique used to combine the results of a number of studies, so you can see the size of an effect of an _____

Intervention

200

Used to compare and summarize the results of different studies in a meta-analysis.  

What are effect sizes?

300

TRUE OR FALSE: Effect size is only measured as a continuous outcome.

False: Also uses binary outcome

400

Used to estimate the heterogeneity in studies 

I²

500

Studies are weighted in a meta-analysis and the studies with more participants carry more ____ than smaller studies. 

Weight