We then extracted data on many of the elements of the systematic review process including: types of interventions studied, adverse effects of interest, resources searched, search strategies, data sources included in reviews, quality assessment of primary data, nature of the data analysis, and source of funding.
Objective methods exist for quality assessment of studies [ 6, 7], and this is an important element of the systematic review process.
This article discusses the essential elements of a systematic review, provides a framework for evaluating the quality of such an article, and will help the infection control professional and hospital epidemiologist in determining whether the results of such reviews should change clinical practice.
In this study, we present the key elements of a systematic research program examining the relationship between environmental and architectural characteristics of underground spaces with human behavior, cognition and well-being.
With Kant, neither space nor time are conceived as substances, but rather both are elements of a systematic mental framework that necessarily structures the experiences of any rational agent, or observing subject.
Other review methodologies also exist [ 2], and we would position the 2014 review as a 'systematized review', i.e. one which includes elements of a systematic review process while stopping short of being a full systematic review.
These elements are aligned with the aims of this systematic review.
This article highlights the key elements of systematic review, what it is and is not, and provides an overview of several reputable organizations supporting the methodological development and conduct of systematic review.
The objective of this systematic review is to synthesise the existing published literature on elements of current integrated primary/secondary health care.
