A) It is best done by one person to control conflicting views.
B) It can lead to conclusions based on findings from studies with diverse designs.
C) Adhering to widely accepted methods reduces bias.
D) Findings represent conclusions arrived at across studies.
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A) SR is another name for a literature review.
B) At the onset of conducting an SR, a decision is made to exclude studies based on quality, research design, and/or years of publication.
C) One type of SR is a meta-synthesis.
D) The goal of SRs is to reach conclusions that represent the findings of a body of individual studies.
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A) By the size of the effect the interventions produced: large, small, medium
B) By the types of nursing homes in which the interventions occurred: convalescent, chronic, or custodial
C) By the type of intervention: standardization of clinical practice, geriatric specialist service, flu vaccination
D) By how consistently the intervention was delivered
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A) Too few studies were found about the issue.
B) No intervention to reduce hospitalization was tested more than once with a rigorous design.
C) The nursing homes had poor data available.
D) Hospital admission was defined differently across the studies.
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A) This could be a source of bias.
B) This is a good way to evaluate effectiveness of the intervention.
C) This helps evaluate risk as well as effectiveness.
D) This is a good way to get at acceptability of the intervention to patients.
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A) The breadth of databases searched
B) The size of the studies included in the synthesis
C) The narrowness or broadness of the purpose statement
D) The number of statistical tests performed
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A) SRs should be as broad as possible.
B) SRs should be as narrow as possible.
C) SRs can be broad or narrow in scope.
D) All SRs aim for a mid-range scope.
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A) systematic review with narrative synthesis.
B) systematic review with statistical synthesis.
C) systematic review with qualitative synthesis.
D) systematic review with random selection synthesis.
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A) The reputation of the professional association that performed and distributed it
B) The number of studies included in the analysis
C) Whether or not statistics were used to combine the findings
D) The soundness of the methodology used to conduct it
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A) Inclusion or exclusion criteria for studies
B) Extraction of data from original studies
C) Use of findings tables
D) Elimination of studies with results that are outliers from the other studies
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