Systematic review.
Summary of Introduction and method
Set the context of the Systematic Review by providing a very brief account of the background and the method as a reminder to the reader.
Result
Should include how many papers were identified by the search strategy and how you decided which to include in the review.
Explain how/why you selected these papers (for example, selecting the 5 most recent or those with largest sample sizes).
Details of papers included in the review should be provided in a table as an appendix and therefore excluded from the word limit (for an example see Table 1 in Michie, S. and Williams, S. (2003) Reducing work related psychological ill health and sickness absence; a systematic literature review. Occup. Environ. Med. 60:3–9 (pdf provided on Succeed).
These papers should then be reviewed and critically evaluated using the Critical Appraisal Tool (CAT) provided. This gives each paper a quality rating score. ( for the critical appraisal you can see ‘ Barriers to voluntary participation in sport for children: systematic review’
This section included:
1– Selection of studies
2– Study characteristic
3– Outcome measures
4– Methodological strength
5– Methodological weakness
Discussion/Conclusions
Based on the results, what conclusions can be drawn about the effectiveness of your chosen intervention for the health condition or illness under review?
This section include:
1– Discussion
2– Future research
3– Conclusion
the topic is ‘the effectiveness of written emotional disclosure with breast cancer women to reduce psychological distress ‘
The chosen five RCT articles after meeting the criteria. These are the article you will
write about.
(UK) – Gellaitry, G., Peters, K., Bloomfield, D., & Horne, R. (2010). Narrowing the gap: the effects o fan expressive writing intervention on perceptions of actual and ideal emotional support in women who have completed treatment for early stage breast cancer. Psycho ‐Oncology, 19(1), 77–84.
(UK) – Owen, J. E., Klapow, J. C., Roth, D. L., Shuster, J. L., Bellis, J., Meredith, R., & Tucker, D. C. (2005). Randomized pilot of a self–guided internet coping group for women with early–stage breast cancer. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 30(1), 54–64.
(Denmark)– Jensen‐Johansen, M. B., Christensen, S., Valdimarsdottir, H., Zakowski, S., Jensen, A. B., Bovbjerg, D. H., & Zachariae, R. (2013). Effects of an expressive writing intervention on cancer‐ related distress in Danish breast cancer survivors—Results from a nationwide randomized clinical trial. Psycho ‐Oncology, 22(7), 1492–1500.
