List of boxesList of figuresList of tablesForewordAcknowledgementsIntroduction1 What is a systematic review?2 Asking an answerable and focused review question3 Creating the protocol for your systematic review4 Writing the background to your review5 Specifying your objectives and inclusion and exclusion criteria6 Conducting a comprehensive and systematic literature search7 Working with your primary papers: Stage 1 -- Selecting the studies to include in your systematic review8 Working with your primary papers: Stage 2 -- Appraising the methodological quality of your included research studies9 Working with your primary papers: Stage 3 -- Extracting the data from your included papers10 Synthesizing, summarizing and presenting your findings11 Writing up your discussion and completing your review12 Checking your systematic review is complete and some practical ways to share and disseminate your findingsReferencesIndex