PRESS - Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies
- PRESS: Peer Review of Electronic Search StrategiesCanadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health, considers elements of the search process which have the most impact on the overall quality of the resulting evidence base.
Critical appraisal: Useful Tools & Checklists
A number of tools and checklists have been devised for assessing the quality of both quantitative and qualitative studies. Following is a selection of useful resources:
- CASP Tools & Checklists This set of eight critical appraisal tools are designed to be used when reading research. CASP has appraisal checklists designed for use with Systematic Reviews, Randomised Controlled Trials, Cohort Studies, Case Control Studies, Economic Evaluations, Diagnostic Studies, Qualitative studies and Clinical Prediction Rule.
- Centre for Evidence Based Medicine (U.K.). Section on critical appraisal tools.Critical appraisal worksheets to help you appraise the reliability, importance and applicability of clinical evidence.
- Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP)CASP(International) grew out of the work of the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme in Oxford, (known as CASP UK within the network), this work began in 1993 to help health care decisions makers understand scientific evidence.
- The Joanna Briggs Institute. Critical Appraisal Tools (checklists).JBI’s critical appraisal tools assist in assessing the trustworthiness, relevance and results of published papers.
- Standard quality assessment criteria for evaluating primary research papers from a variety of fields.Prepared by: Kmet, L.M., Lee, R.C. & Cook, L.S.
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, 2004.
Contents includes: Table 1: Checklist for assessing the quality of quantitative studies Table 2: Checklist for assessing the quality of qualitative studies
Available (pdf) via BioMed Central. - Systematic reviews: CRD's guidance for undertaking reviews in health careCentre for Reviews and Dissemination (U.K.) 2009
Chapter 1 includes: 1.3.1 Identifying research evidence for systematic reviews 1.3.2 Study selection 1.3.3 Data extraction 1.3.4 Quality assessment 1.3.5 Data synthesis 1.3.6 Report writing - University of South Australia. Division of Health Sciences. International Centre for Allied Health Evidence. Critical Appraisal Tools.A list of critical appraisal tools, linked to the websites where they were developed. List produced and updated by ICAHE staff.
Journal Article References
Campbell, J. M., Klugar, M., Ding, S., Carmody, D. P., Hakonsen, S. J., Jadotte, Y. T., White, S., & Munn, Z. (2015). Diagnostic test accuracy: methods for systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare, 13(3), 154–162. https://doi-org.ezproxy.ecu.edu.au/10.1097/XEB.0000000000000061
Coughlan, M., Cronin, P., & Ryan, F. (2007). Step-by-step guide to critiquing research. part 1: Quantitative research. British Journal of Nursing, 16(11), 658–663. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2007.16.11.23681
Ryan, F., Coughlan, M., & Cronin, P. (2007). Step-by-step guide to critiquing research. part 2: Qualitative research. British Journal of Nursing, 16(12), 738–744. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2007.16.12.23726
Useful Books
Critical Appraisal of Epidemiological Studies and Clinical Trials by ISBN: 9780199682898Publication Date: 4th ed. 2017
Doing your literature review : traditional and systematic techniques by Call Number: 300.72 JESISBN: 9781848601543Publication Date: 2011
Essentials of nursing research : appraising evidence for nursing practice by ISBN: 9781451176797Publication Date: 8th ed. 2014
Evidence-based medicine toolkit [electronic resource] by
Contents: Asking answerable questions - Finding the evidence - Appraising guidelines - Appraising systematic reviews - Appraising diagnosis articles -Appraising articles on harm/aetiology -Appraising prognosis studies -Appraising therapy articles - Appraising qualitative studies - Appraising economic evaluations - Applying the evidence - Evidence-based medicine: glossary of terms -Selected evidence-based healthcare resources on the web - Levels of evidence -Study designs.
ISBN: 9780727918413Publication Date: 2nd ed. 2006
Finding what works in health care [electronic resource] : standards for systematic reviews by ISBN: 9780309164252Publication Date: 2011
