Abstract:

Because systematic review and meta-analysis studies provide clinicians with the information quickly about evidence-based practices, they are crucial. It was aimed in this review to explain how a systematic review and meta-analysis study is conducted and with what stages it is carried out. The stages in a systematic review and meta-analysis are; a) Determining the research question b) Identifying keywords and databases for literature review c) Describing the characteristics of studies to be included and excluded from the systematic review or meta-analysis d) Recording the systematic review and meta-analysis into a protocol e) Searching relevant databases and creating a research pool f) Reading the titles and abstracts of the studies in the research pool and choosing the studies to be included/excluded from the systematic review and meta-analysis g) Checking the inter-observer reliability h) Deciding on the statistical analysis method and analyzing the data ı) Performing additional analyses i) Determining the quality of evidence. Consequently, to ensure the accuracy of the results, systematic review and meta-analysis studies that guide clinical practices should be elaborately and systematically conducted. This will enable clinicians working in the health sciences (medicine, psychology, etc.) to quickly and accurately use the findings of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

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