Critical appraisal of review articles. Journal Articles

abstract

• Review articles are an important source of clinical information for family physicians. However, the volume of available reviews is vast and their scientific quality varies enormously. Family physicians must be able to identify trustworthy reviews quickly. This article outlines practical and flexible guidelines for critical appraisal and discusses the respective roles of review articles and original research reports in guiding clinical practice.

authors

• Hutchison, Brian George

status

• published 

publication date

• May 1993

has subject area

• 1117 Public Health and Health Services (FoR)
• Bias (MeSH)
• Education, Medical, Continuing (MeSH)
• Family Practice (MeSH)
• General & Internal Medicine (Science Metrix)
• Guidelines as Topic (MeSH)
• Meta-Analysis as Topic (MeSH)
• Practice Guidelines as Topic (MeSH)
• Research (MeSH)
• Review Literature as Topic (MeSH)

published in

• Canadian Family Physician  Journal

keywords

• Bias
• Education, Medical, Continuing
• Family Practice
• Guidelines as Topic
• Meta-Analysis as Topic
• Practice Guidelines as Topic
• Research
• Review Literature as Topic

start page

• 1097

end page

• 1102

volume

• 39