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Systematic Reviews

A guide for planning and conducting systematic reviews and other types of evidence synthesis.

Data Extraction

During this stage, pieces of data will be extracted from the full-text of studies that have met your inclusion criteria. 

Determining the data to be collected will be based on your research question and should be specified in the protocol. 

Potential elements to be extracted may include: participant demographics, study design and methodology, results, citation information, etc. and is typically presented as a Table of Evidence.

The steps in data extraction are:

  1. List data elements to be collected.
  2. Develop data collection form. 
  3. Pilot the data collection form. 
  4. Collect data.
  5. Present in tabular format.