Sustematic Review Proposal
INSTRUCTIONS – ASSIGNMENT 3
Instructions:
Part A – Systematic Review Proposal (1,000 words)
1. Choose a health/nursing related topic of interest to you – you should have a specific question within this topic
2. Design and present a search protocol for a systematic review of research related to this question, modelled on the protocol for a Cochrane review. ( See Model Assignment) The protocol should include the following:
A brief background on the research topic
The objectives of your review
Criteria for considering studies (inclusion and exclusion criteria) – types of study, types of participants, types of interventions, types of outcome measures, year
Search strategy: type of literature searched, years, databases, search terms and combination of terms,
Actual search strategy
Method for assessment of methodological quality
Data Extraction method
Data Analysis method