What is a systematic review of effectiveness?

Systematic reviews provide the best evidence on the effectiveness of healthcare interventions including quality improvement strategies. Systematic reviews allow the generalisability and consistency of research findings to be assessed and data inconsistencies to be explored across studies.

What is an effective literature review?

A literature review is a survey of everything that has been written about a particular topic, theory, or research question. Much more than a simple list of sources, an effective literature review analyzes and synthesizes information about key themes or issues.

What should a systematic literature review include?

Systematic review protocols should include details such as: objectives of your project; specifics on the methods and processes that will be used; eligibility criteria for individual studies (such as study design);

What are the three types of systematic reviews?

Five other types of systematic reviews

Scoping review. Preliminary assessment of the potential size and scope of available research literature.
Rapid review.
Narrative review.
Meta-analysis.
Mixed methods/mixed studies.

Is a systematic literature review qualitative or quantitative?

‘General’ literature reviews (systematic, integrative) etc are not usually classed as qualitative, nor quantitative, not mixed methods. A systematic review/meta-analysis also uses secondary data (i.e. existing experimental study findings) and is quantitative.

What is the difference between a literature review and a systematic literature review?

This brings us to literature reviews. Literature reviews don’t usually apply the same rigour in their methods. That’s because, unlike systematic reviews, they don’t aim to produce an answer to a clinical question. Literature reviews can provide context or background information for a new piece of research.