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Developing a protocol

A protocol expands on the title to describe the review. As a rough guide, your protocol will need to address the following issues:

  1. The specific purpose (question to be answered) of the review
  2. The comparison groups (as the stated comparisons are central to each review, particular care should be taken with their development)
  3. The sources and search methods used to find evidence (primary studies)
  4. Explicit criteria for deciding which studies to include in the review
  5. Avoidance of bias in the selection of articles
  6. Reasons for excluding studies from the review
  7. Appropriate criteria for assessing the quality of the studies
  8. Appropriate methods (whether qualitative or quantitative) for combining the findings

For more information read the following document:
How to write a protocol

When you have developed your protocol to your own satisfaction, it should be submitted to the Editorial Base. This means it will be entered into the Renal Group's referee process, en route to inclusion in the Cochrane Library.

Submission of the protocol is taken as your agreement to undertake a Renal Group systematic review. Therefore, you should only submit the protocol if this is your intention.

Headings of a Cochrane protocol

 
BACKGROUND
OBJECTIVES
CRITERIA FOR CONSIDERING STUDIES FOR THIS REVIEW
TYPES OF STUDIES
TYPES OF PARTICIPANTS
TYPES OF INTERVENTION(S)
TYPES OF OUTCOME MEASURES
SEARCH STRATEGY FOR IDENTIFICATION OF STUDIES
METHODS OF THE REVIEW
REFERENCES
ADDITIONAL REFERENCES

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