It includes writing the content of the review, characteristics of studies, comparison tables, and study data.
RevMan 5 is the software used to help authors, step by step, in preparing and writing a systematic review. The latest version is a pure web application that runs across devices on any modern browser. EPPI-Reviewer is free to use for Cochrane author, but requires a subscription for other reviews. It supports authors and editors in writing all types of reviews, particularly in complex areas including meta-analysis, framework synthesis, and thematic synthesis. At the moment (2020) it is available to use for everyone within Lund University.ĮPPI-Reviewer, developed by the EPPI-Centre at University College London, is a recommended web-based tool for Cochrane authors to support the development of systematic reviews from study screening through data collection, analysis and synthesis. The tool is free to use if you conduct a Cochrane systematic review, but requires a subscription to use for non-Cochrane systematic reviews. The tool is designed to make reviews more efficient and is following the Cochrane Method for screening and data extraction. Covidence is a web application that runs across devices on any modern browser. Covidence is the primary tool developed and used by Cochrane for finding relevant studies (screening), to extract data and to do a Risk of Bias-assessment in the included studies.