Systematic Review: Critical Appraisal
This guide presents tools and advice for conducting systematic reviews.
Critical Appraisal
Critical Appraisal
An integral part of any review is the critical appraisal of any evidence discovered. Critical appraisal evaluates the trustworthiness, relevance and results of published papers.
Among the points considered in a critical appraisal are:
- whether the is study valid?
- What are the results, and are they significant?
- whether the results are applicable?
Below are a range of critical appraisal tools that you can use when conducting reviews.
- Cochrane risk of biasThe risk of bias tool provides a framework for assessing the risk of bias from any type of randomized trial.
- CATevaluationThis website lists a range of Critical Appraisal Tools that have been tested for validity and reliability.
- AMSTARA MeaSurement Tool to Assess systematic Reviews (AMSTAR) is an instrument used in assessing the methodological quality of systematic reviews
- JBI critical appraisal toolsJBI’s critical appraisal tools assist in assessing the trustworthiness, relevance and results of published papers.
- CASP ChecklistsHere you can find a range of free downloadable checklists to help you more easily and accurately perform critical appraisal across a number of different study types.
- Press Checklist FormPress provides a set of recommendations that should be used by librarians and other information specialists when evaluating search strategies.