Developing a title
Once you think you would like to undertake a Cochrane
Renal Group review, please notify the Editorial Base of a topic area you
are interested in.
They will assist you in formulating your idea into a title
that fits within the scope of the group
and doesn’t overlap with any existing titles.
You will then be asked to complete a
Title Registration Form [Word version]
The Cochrane Collaboration has a set format for titles
described below.
When your title has been approved by the editorial office,
you will be assigned a unique identifier. Your registered title is then
circulated to all other Review Group Coordinators (RGC) to ensure there
is no crossover.
If you discover that your idea for a review is already
being addressed, you may be able to collaborate with them or develop an
alternate idea.
Cochrane title format
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| The basic title format is: |
[Intervention]
FOR
[health problem] |
Antibiotics
FOR
acute bronchitis |
| Where two active interventions have been compared, the structure
is: |
[Intervention A]
VERSUS
[intervention B]
FOR
[health problem] |
Immediate
VERSUS
delayed treatment
FOR
cervical intraepithelial neoplasia |
| Where the type of people studied or the location of the intervention
is mentioned explicitly, the format is: |
[Intervention]
FOR
[health problem]
IN
[participant group/location] |
Inhaled nitric oxide
FOR
respiratory failure
IN
preterm infants |
| Sometimes it might be necessary to specify that the intervention
is for preventing, treating, or preventing and treating the problem
concerned |
[Intervention]
FOR
[preventing and/or treating]
[health problem]
IN
[participant group/location] |
Pool fencing
FOR
preventing drowning
IN
children |
For many prophylactic interventions there is often no specified 'health
problem' |
[Intervention]
IN
or
FOR
[participant group/location] |
Restricted
VERSUS
liberal water intake
IN
preterm infants
Home-based social support
FOR
socially disadvantaged mothers |
Once your title has been successfully registered, you
will be sent an information package. Part of this package is Chapter
2 of the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions
(formerly the Reviewers’ Handbook) : Format of a Cochrane Review.
This chapter indicates the methods and layout of a Cochrane
review: reviews must conform to the specifications outlined in this section.
You can read and/or download either this Chapter or the entire handbook
from the Cochrane Collaboration web site at
http://www.cochrane.org/resources/handbook/index.htm
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