Picots for inclusion critearea In Experimental Studies
Perform the following
1- Develop your PICOTS (explained in graph 3)
2- Perform the search on Pubmed and Embase with flowchart following Prisma using predefined search words (graph 1)
3- Develop PICOTS table for selected articles
4- Develop Table for results including the following only: Adjusted measure of effect, sample size and confidence intervals (Graph 2)
5- Develop table for quality assessment using the critical appraisal tools provided
6- Do your analysis on Revman 5 and get results including forest plot and funnel plot
7- Write the report which should include the following
a. Abstract
b. All outcomes of sections 1 to 6
c. Interpretation of results
d. Recommendations and conclusion based in results
Requirements for the topic
1- No published SR or MA in the previous 3 years
2- At least 8 studies in full text that meets your inclusion criteria
3- Topic suitable for meta-analysis meaning no extreme clinical heterogeneity and with similar measure of effect (OR, RR so forth)