Eliane Rohner, Julia Bohlius, Bruno R. da Costa, Sven Trelle
Abstract
Conducting a systematic review is a team effort. Open and clear communication is therefore critical. The management of people is as important as the management of data for the success of a systematic review. The data assembled for a systematic review are generally complex and a dedicated data management system that covers all relevant steps, from literature screening to data extraction, should be in place. Reviewers may want to manage their data on paper or electronically, with dedicated systematic review data management software or a generic database or spreadsheet software. Electronic solutions have several advantages, but lack the flexibility of a paper-based system.
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Eliane Rohner
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Julia Bohlius
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Bruno R. da Costa
Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Applied Health Research Cantre (AHRC), St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Canada
Sven Trelle
CTU Bern, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
How to cite this chapter?
For the printed version of the book
Rohner, E., Bohlius, J., da Costa, B.R. and Trelle, S. (2022). Chapter 6. Managing people and data. In: Systematic Reviews in Health Research: Meta-analysis in Context (eds M. Egger, J.P.T. Higgins and G. Davey Smith), pp 91-108. Hoboken, NJ : Wiley.
For the electronic version of the book
Rohner, E., Bohlius, J., da Costa, B.R. and Trelle, S. (2022). Chapter 6. Managing people and data. In: Systematic Reviews in Health Research: Meta-analysis in Context (eds M. Egger, J.P.T. Higgins and G. Davey Smith). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119099369.ch6