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Systematic Reviews
Research Methods
Term | Definition |
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Systems | computerized decision support systems |
Summaries | evidence-based clin prac guidelines; evidence-based textbooks |
synopses of syntheses | DARE; health-evidence.ca; evidence-based abstraction journals |
syntheses | systematic review |
synopses of studies | evidence-based abstraction journals |
studies | original articles published |
gray literature | unpublished studies, dissertations, theses, proceedings from meetings, abstracts |
detection | were all the same outcome measures used for all groups? |
effect size | a quantitative measure of the diff btwn the mean values of two or more different groups; calculated based on the Standardized Mean Difference btwn the two groups |
relative risk (RR) | a ratio of the risk of the outcome in the experimental (intervention) group relative to the risk of the outcome in the control group; <1: less likely to occur in experimental group; >1: more likely to occur in the exp group: =1: no diff btwn the 2 groups |