1Junior Research Fellow, Department of Medical Surgical Nursing
2Director, Nursing Education, Manipal University
4Professor & Dean, Manipal College of Nursing Manipal, Manipal University, Karnataka, India
3Research Scholar, Department of Child Health Nursing, Manipal College of Nursing Manipal, Manipal University, Karnataka, India
Health care knowledge is rapidly evolving with inexorable volumes of research based information geing published every day. Systematic reviews provide comprehensive and unbiased summaries of a research on a single topic. Systematic reviews are considered as the gold standard for summarizing evidence found in research literature. The objective of this article is to sensitize nurses regarding systematic reviews by summarizing major steps and process involved in doing a systematic review. Doing a systematic review requires significant planning and execution. This article is an introductory description on how to undertake a systematic review. A thorough understanding of systematic review is necessary to make a quality review. Following the systematic rigorous methodology helps to reduce bias and improve the reliability and accuracy of conclusions.
Evidence based nursing, Nursing, Systematic review, Meta-analysis
