Literature reviews &PRISMA Statement
(Part 1)
Literature reviews
• Basic review– General search– Reference links
• Extensive review– Systematic review– Meta Analysis
Basic review• Knowledgeable about the
field– vocabulary, theories, key
variables and phenomena, its methods, and its history.
• Find out the influential researchers and research groups in the field
Extensive Review• Holistic view of the field
– Identify trends– Keep up-to-date– Indentify potential research areas– Starting point for guidelines– Help editors judge the merits of
publication reports of new studies – Summarize previous research for
funders wishing to support new research
– Provide evidence to policy makers to judge risk / benefits of interventions
– Recommending improvement in research practice
Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
(PRISMA ) Statement
Background
• MEDLINE (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online)
– 2500 new SR/MA ever year• HCI reviews < 100
– Poor reporting and biased results reduces the usefulness of the review
• QUORAM (Quality of Reporting of Meta-Analysis)
• PRISMA– Improve the reporting of SR & MA
• Unbiased, transparent and replicable• Not a quality assessment instrument
– Four-phase flow diagram and a 27-item checklist
PRISMA Flow diagram
A Guide to Writing the Dissertation Literature Review
By Justus Randolph
https://wiki.uef.fi/download/attachments/16581597/literature_review_guide_Justus_Randolph.pdf