MCQ Module 1

Q1. The JBI vision is:

• Ensure all healthcare facilities have point of care access to evidence-based resources

•  A world in which the best available evidence is used to inform decision making at the point of care to improve health outcomes in communities globally

• Be the global leader in the conduct and publication of systematic reviews relevant to healthcare practice

Q2: Who played a key role in the evidence-based movement in advocating for the shift to focus not only on traditional quantitative evidence to answer questions of effects but also on evidence to answer questions of appropriateness, meaningfulness and feasibility

• Prof Alan Pearson

• Dr Archie Cochrane

• Prof David Sackett

Q3: When planning a systematic review a preliminary investigation is undertaken to determine whether there have been any reviews already conducted on the topic of interest. What circumstances would warrant another review to be undertaken if one already exists?

• The review that exists was published over 10 years ago

• New research has recently been published since the existing review was undertaken

• The review did not follow systematic methods

• All of the above/below

Q4: Which of the below is NOT a correct answer to the following question - A systematic review

• Aims to provide a comprehensive, unbiased synthesis of many relevant studies/papers in a single document

• Should always contain meta-analyses

• Follows a structured process that requires explicit and exhaustive reporting of the methods used in synthesis

Q5: Inclusion criteria:

• Promote the external validity of the protocol

• Should be based on clear, scientific justification rather than on unsubstantiated clinical, theoretical or personal reasoning

• Is the first step in the systematic review process

Q6: . Searching as described in a systematic review protocol should:

• Always outline a 5-step search strategy

• Include at least 7 databases

• Aim to locate published and unpublished studies/papers

Q7: A comprehensive search strategy should:

• Consist of index terms only

• Include no limits to ensure identification of all relevant papers

• Consist of both keywords/free-text words and index terms

Q8: . According to JBI, in evidence-based healthcare, evidence is:

• Results of empirical research only

• Results of guideline panels

• Research, experience/expertise and discourse

Q9: To limit the risk of error and bias during study selection:

•  Two independent assessors should be used

• The full-text of all studies/papers without an abstract should be retrieved

• One assessor should be used

Q10: The systematic review protocol

• Defines the objectives and methods of the systematic review

• Allows transparency

• Is a structured plan for the resultant review

• All of the above/below