EBP Midterm - Critically Appraising Systematic Reviews

Which type of synthesis research has the most bias and is descriptive?

Scoping reviews

Define Meta-Analysis

Combines quantitative outcomes from multiple studies

Define Systematic review

a type of secondary study, summarizes information from multiple primary studies

Most important design criteria relate to its ________________.

Internal Validity

What is the gold-standard method for systematic reviews?

The Cochrane collaboration

Meta-Analysis Process 4 steps

identify relevant studies, determine eligibility, abstract data from studies, analyze data from studies

Define Relative Risk (RR)

measures the likelihood of an event occurring in an exposed group compared to an unexposed group

RR =1

No difference

RR < 1

Event is less likely in exposed group

RR > 1

Event is more likely in the exposed group

When do you use Odds Ratio over Relative risk?

in case-control studies or when the disease or event is rare

Forest Plot: Square on the line represents

effect size of the study

Forest Plot: horizontal line extending from the square represents

the CI (wider CI = less precision

If the CI of a study crosses the line of no effect, it indicates that the result is not statistical significant, true or false?

true