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Reviewing the literature

Data extraction is sometimes called charting in scoping reviews. The data needed from each included study to answer the review question is found.  

What data is extracted depends on the type of review and the question. Some common items include the population, the outcomes, the context and the findings.  

Templates are used to record the data. Covidence has built in data extraction templates that can also be customised. 

Open Education Resource

For more information, the following PDF is the draft of an Open Education Resource currently under revision. The videos and activities are unavailable until the OER is published online. 

Key readings

Pollock, D., Peters, M., Khalil, H., McInerney, P., Alexander, L., Tricco, Andrea C., Evans, C., de Moraes, É. b., Godfrey, C. M., Pieper, D., Saran, A., Stern, C., & Munn, Z.. (2023). Recommendations for the extraction, analysis, and presentation of results in scoping reviews. JBI Evidence Synthesis, 21(3), 520-532. https://doi.org/10.11124/JBIES-22-00123