Deck 5: The Systematic Review

Question 1

The typical literature review are a "powerful tool to help clinicians use evidence for patient care decisions" when conducted using the appropriate standards.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

An integrative review explores the underlying mechanism of interventions and how it works under different circumstances.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

A scoping review is a broad review that gathers studies on a single topic and provides some categorization usually without assessing methods.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

When deciding to develop a systematic review researches should consider three main areas in managing the project: develop a team, set a timeline, and choose a software.

Question 5

The Cochrane Handbook suggests that only one database be used to search a broad range of biomedical journals.

Question 6

Both framework and thematic syntheses are examples of how to conduct a qualitative synthesis.

Question 7

Quantitative studies demonstrate evidence of effectiveness or size of relationships between varialbles, whereas qualitative studies reveal perspectives or appropriateness, why/how interventions work, and contextual issues.

Question 8

Reporting all types of bias, such as language bias or location bias, should be documented under limitations.

Question 9

Two types of recommendations typically include: implications of the findings and areas to modify.

Question 10

If the review is evaluating diagnostic tests, authors should select the PIRT framework.

Question 11

There are more than twenty types of systematic reviews.

Question 12

Which statement is false regarding systematic review?

A) When using systematic reviews, practitioners receive a more comprehensive analysis of research.
B) Systematic reviews provide a clear perspective of previous research.
C) Systematic reviews have a narrow focus with a defined group of patients.
D) They can help to identify gaps or holes in current research and organize evidence for decision making.

Question 13

Which leading organization is similar to the Cochrane Collaboration in its function to promote evidence-based information for the healthcare field?

A) PICO
B) PIRT
C) Google Scholar
D) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
E) All of these

Question 14

Which framework should be used when exploring factors or exposures that can be beneficial or harmful?

A) PICO
B) PEO
C) PIRT
D) PSA

Question 15

Which checklist can be used to appraise the quality of systematic reviews?

A) Risk of Bias of Systematic Reviews
B) Critical Appraisal Skills Program
C) All of these
D) None of these

Question 16

Why is it important to perform an efficient and thorough search?

A) to endeavor to locate all relevant articles
B) to minimize bias in the review
C) to minimize the number of irrevelant articles retrieved
D) All of these
E) None of these

Question 17

Which database would you use to search studies with educational settings?

A) ERIC
B) PsycINFO
C) SportDISCUS
D) MEDLINE

Question 18

Which is an example of gray literature?

A) A study published in a peer-reviewed journal.
B) A conference presentation on the number of injured service members in combat
C) A systematic review of current treatments for lung cancer
D) None of these

Question 19

What are the potential uses for a qualitative synthesis approach to a systematic review?

A) to develop, advance, or validate a theory
B) to examine relationship in the data
C) to highlight merging topics
D) All of these
E) None of these

Question 20

A meta-analysis is a type of __________________________.

A) qualitative synthesis
B) quantitative synthesis
C) integrative synthesis
D) scoping synthesis

Question 21

Which type of analysis is best suited for complex interventions?

A) realist synthesis
B) narrative synthesis
C) thematic synthesis
D) None of these

Question 22

Which is considered a qualitative synthesis?

A) thematic
B) realist
C) Bayesian
D) None of these

Question 23

Which is considered an integrative synthesis?

A) thematic
B) realist
C) framework
D) None of these

Question 24

Which of the following organizations promote and compile systematic reviews?

A) The Lewis Group
B) The Cochrane Collaboration
C) The Society for Quality in Research
D) Weber Shadrick and Associates

Question 25

Which of the following types of systematic reviews is the most broad?

A) Scoping
B) Review of Reviews
C) Integrative
D) Qualitative

Question 26

What is the meaning for PICO?

A) Patient, Integration, Consult, Orders
B) Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome
C) Problem, Information, Conclusions, Outliers
D) Proposal, Interests, Criteria, Objectives

Question 27

Which type of systematic review can be used to develop, advance, or validate a theory?

A) Qualitative
B) Quantitative
C) Scoping
D) None of these

Question 28

Which type of synthesis is a method for summarizing qualitative data that is used to develop a probability distribution that can be later used to analyze quantitative data?

A) Narrative
B) Scoping
C) Bayesian
D) Framework