This assignment is a building block for your final Synthesis of Literature assignment. Your synthesis paper will not simply be a summary of articles you have found based on your literature search. Rat

PRISMA 2009 Flow Diagram

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Records excluded Foreign language mot scientific papers n=223

Records after duplicates removed
(n =4310 )

Records identified through database searching
Pubmed n=225 Cinahl n=595 Cochrane systematic review n=17 Cochrane clinical trials n= 713

Studies included in quantitative synthesis (meta-analysis)
(n =21 )

Studies included in qualitative synthesis
(n =21 )

Full-text articles excluded, with reasons
(n =48 )

Full-text articles assessed for eligibility
(n =69 )

Records excluded
(n = 4018 )

Records screened
(n =4087 )

Identification Eligibility Included Screening

From: Moher D, Liberati A, Tetzlaff J, Altman DG, The PRISMA Group (2009). Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement. PLoS Med 6(7): e1000097. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed1000097

For more information, visit www.prisma-statement.org.