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Systematic Reviews

Other Review Types

There are many question frameworks that can be used.

BeHEMoTh= Behaviour of interest -Health context -Exclusions -Models or Theories
CHIP= Context -How the study was conducted -the Issues examined -and the People involved in the study
CLIP= Client group -location -Improvement / Information / Innovation / Professionals (qualitative studies)
CoCoPop= Condition -Context -Population  (for questions related to prevalence or incidence)
COPES= Client -Oriented -Practical -Evidence -Search
COSMIN= COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments
https://www.cosmin.nl/
ECLIPSE= Expectation -Client group -Location -Impact -Professionals -SErvice (evaluating outcomes of policies or services)
PCC = Population –Concept -Context
PEO= Population -Exposure -Outcome   (for studies of association - etiology and impact on outcomes)
PECO = Population -Exposure -Comparator -Outcome
PFO = Population -Prognostic Factors (or models of interest) -Outcome
PICO= Population -Intervention -Comparator/s -Outcomes
PICo= Population -Interest –Context
PICOA = Population, Intervention, Control, Outcomes, Application
PICOC= Population -Intervention -Comparator/s -Outcomes -Context
PICOS= Population -Interest -Context -Outcomes -Study Design
PICOT= Population -Intervention -Comparator/s -Outcomes -Time or Type of Study
PICOC= Population -Intervention -Comparator/s -Outcomes –Context
PIE= Patient / Population / Problem -Intervention / Issue -Evaluation / Effect (method)
PIFT= Product / Processes -Impact -Flows -Types
PIRD= Population -Index Test -Reference Test -Diagnosis of Interest
FINER= Feasible -Interesting -Novel -Ethical -Relevant
PECODR= Patient / Population / Problem -Exposure/ Intervention -Comparison -Outcome -Duration -Results
RETREAT= Review Question -Epistemology -Time/Timeframe -Resources -Expertise -Audience -Type of Data (for a qualitative synthesis)
SDMO= Studies -Data -Methods -Outcomes
SPICE= Setting -Perspective / Population -Interest / Intervention -Comparison –Evaluation
SPIDER= Sample -Phenomenon of Interest –Design –Evaluation -Research type
TREAD= Time/Timeframe -Resources -Expertise -Audience -Data
and more

Meeting the review family: exploring review types and associated information retrieval requirements.
Sutton A, Clowes M, Preston L, Booth A.
Health Info Libr J. 2019 Sep;36(3):202-222. doi: 10.1111/hir.12276.

A typology of reviews: an analysis of 14 review types and associated methodologies.
Grant MJ, Booth A.
Health Info Libr J. 2009 Jun;26(2):91-108. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2009.00848.x
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Using frameworks to structure your question - City University of London

What kind of systematic review should I conduct? A proposed typology and guidance for systematic reviewers in the medical and health sciences
Zachary Munn, Cindy Stern, Edoardo Aromataris, Craig Lockwood, Zoe Jordan
BMC Med Res Methodol. 2018; 18: 5.

Identifying the PECO: A framework for formulating good questions to explore the association of environmental and other exposures with health outcomes
Rebecca L Morgan, Paul Whaley, Kristina A Thayer, Holger J Schünemann
Environ Int. 2018 Dec;121(Pt 1):1027-1031. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2018.07.015. Epub 2018 Aug 27.

Conducting systematic reviews of association (etiology): the Joanna Briggs Institute's approach
Moola S, Munn Z, Sears K, et al.
Int J Evid Based Healthc. 2015;13(3):163–169