Best Practice Guidelines and Essential Methodological Steps to Conduct Rigorous and Systematic Meta-Reviews.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A growing body of primary study and systematic review literature evaluates interventions and phenomena in applied and health psychology. Reviews of reviews (i.e., meta-reviews) systematically synthesise and utilise this vast and often overwhelming literature; yet, currently there are few practical guidelines for meta-review authors to follow.

Objective

The aim of this article is to provide an overview of the best practice guidelines for all research synthesis and to detail additional specific considerations and methodological details for the best practice of conducting a rigorous meta-review.

Methods

This article provides readers with six systematic and practical steps along with accompanying examples to address with rigor the unique challenges that arise w

SUBMITTER: Hennessy EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6819213 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature