Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions

by Julian P.T. Higgins

Healthcare providers, consumers, researchers and policy makers are inundated with unmanageable amounts of information, including evidence from healthcare research. It has become impossible for all to have the time and resources to find, appraise and interpret this evidence and incorporate it into healthcare decisions. Cochrane Reviews respond to this challenge by identifying, appraising and synthesizing research-based evidence and presenting it in a standardized format, published in The Cochrane Library (www.thecochranelibrary.com).
The Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions contains methodological guidance for the preparation and maintenance of Cochrane intervention reviews. Written in a clear and accessible format, it is the essential manual for all those preparing, maintaining and reading Cochrane reviews. Many of the principles and methods described here are appropriate for systematic reviews applied to other types of research and to systematic reviews of interventions undertaken by others. It is hoped therefore that this book will be invaluable to all those who want to understand the role of systematic reviews, critically appraise published reviews or perform reviews themselves.

Genres: Research, Science

672 pages, ebook

First published September 15, 2008

Reviews

[Erik Arnesen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very enlightening, must-read for both conducting and appraising systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

[BradMD · Rating 2 out of 5]

3/10. Not well written, but worth reading if medical statistics are your profession or hobby. On page 382 it says, "A common mistake when there is inconclusive evidence is to confuse 'no evidence of an effect' with 'evidence of no effect.' It has other interesting quotes as well but a much better book should be written for medical statistics.