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Goy E, Kansagara D, Freeman M. A Systematic Evidence Review of Interventions for Non-professional Caregivers of Individuals with Dementia [Internet]. Washington (DC): Department of Veterans Affairs (US); 2010 Oct.
A Systematic Evidence Review of Interventions for Non-professional Caregivers of Individuals with Dementia [Internet].
Show detailsOverall quality rating for each systematic review is based on the below questions. Ratings are summarized as: Good, Fair, or Poor:
- Search dates reported? Yes or No
- Search methods reported? Yes or No
- Comprehensive search? Yes or No
- Inclusion criteria reported? Yes or No
- Selection bias avoided? Yes or No
- Validity criteria reported? Yes or No
- Validity assessed appropriately? Yes or No
- Methods used to combine studies reported? Yes or No
- Findings combined appropriately? Yes or No
- Conclusions supported by data? Yes or No
Definitions of ratings based on above criteria
Good: Meets all criteria: Reports comprehensive and reproducible search methods and results; reports pre-defined criteria to select studies and reports reasons for excluding potentially relevant studies; adequately evaluates quality of included studies and incorporates assessments of quality when synthesizing data; reports methods for synthesizing data and uses appropriate methods to combine data qualitatively or quantitatively; and conclusions supported by the evidence reviewed.
Fair: Studies will be graded fair if they fail to meet one or more of the above criteria, but the limitations are not judged as being major.
Poor: Studies will be graded poor if they have a major limitation in one or more of the above criteria.
Footnotes
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Based on the following publications:
Harris RP, Helfand M, Woolf SH, et al. Current methods of the US Preventive Services Task Force: a review of the process. Am J Prev Med. 2001:20(3S); 21–35.
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. The Guidelines Manual. London: Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence; 2006.
Oxman AD, Guyatt GH. Validation of an index of the quality of review articles. J Clin Epidemiol. 1991;44:1271–8.
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