Tag: Cochrane

Data: Systematic Review Protocol

A. Get published Review Protocols from Campbell Collaboration.

On campbellcollaboration.org webpage, click “Campbell systematic Reviews journal”
The link takes you to the Wiley Online Library and you will need a library account to browse the contents. Click “Campbell Article Types”
Select “Protocol” from the list of types.
Total 248 results which can be further narrowed by selecting “Campbell subject Categories”.

B. Get published review protocols from Cochrane Reviews.

https://www.cochranelibrary.com/
Search ‘mathematical’ in the Title Abstract Keyword and get 1 result under the Cochrance Protocols tab.

C. Layout of the Protocol

  • Background
    • The problem, condition or issue
    • Intervention
    • How the intervention might work
    • Why it is important to do the review
    • Products of this systematic review
  • Objectives
  • Methodology
    • Criteria for including and excluding studies
      • Types of study designs
      • Time and language
      • Types of participants
      • Types of interventions
      • Duration of follow-up
      • Types of settings
    • Search strategy
    • Search terms
    • Description of methods used in primary research
    • Criteria for determination of independent findings
    • Details of study coding categories
    • Statistical procedures and conventions
    • Studies with multiple groups
    • Unit of analysis issues
    • investigation of heterogeneity
    • Sensitivity analysis
    • missing data and author queries
    • Treatment of qualitative research
  • Reference
  • Review Authors
  • Roles and responsibilities
  • Funding
  • Potential conflict of interest
  • Preliminary timeframe
  • Author declaration