For this assignment considering using the Systematic Review. This is because it:
- Usually focus on a clinical topic and answer a specific question. An extensive literature search is conducted to identify studies with sound methodology.
- The studies are reviewed, assessed, and the results summarized according to the predetermined criteria of the review question.
Another helpful resource might be the Randomized Controlled Trials. This because it:
- Carefully planned projects that introduce a treatment or exposure to study its effect on patients.
- Include methodologies that reduce the potential for bias (randomization and blinding) and allow for comparison between intervention and control groups.
- Is an experiment and can provide sound evidence of cause and effect.
- Randomly assigns exposures and then follows patients forward to an outcome.
