Systematic Review

Question 1

What does a good review question have?

Answer 1

1. Good structure
2. Conciseness
3. Specificity

Question 2

What are the components of a review question?

Answer 2

1. Intervention
2. Disease of interest
3. Species studied
4. Outcome measures
5. Comparison

Question 3

What would the structure of a systematic review question be?

Answer 3

‘What is the effect of [intervention/exposure] versus [comparison] on [outcome measures] in [animal/animal species/population studies] for [disease/health problem of interest]?

Question 4

What are the elements of a search strategy?

Answer 4

1. Intervention
2. Disease of interest
3. Population

Question 5

What is the aim of measuring study characteristics?

Answer 5

To get a structured overview of the studies in the review, characteristics and type of evidence

Question 6

What is a metanalysis based on?

Answer 6

1. The amount of data retrieved
2. The comparability of individual studies