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