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Question #2: Systematic review of evidence from qualitative studies is also known as a meta-analysis.
True
False

Question #3: Which of the steps are included in systematic review?
Formulate a question and develop protocol
Conduct search
Select studies
assess study quality and extract data
All of the above

Question #4: Where do we register the protocol of systematic review that will be conducted in your country?
National Health Research Council of your country
ClinicalTrial.gov
PROSPERO
None

Question #5: What does “S” stand for in PICOS?
Selection
Search
Systematic review
Study

Question #6: Which is not the effect size based on continuous variables?
Absolute mean difference
Standardized mean difference
Odds ratio
Response ratio Correct answer

Question #7: A forest plot displays effect estimates and confidence intervals for both individual studies and meta-analyses.
True
False

Question #8: Which is/are the advantage/s of the meta-analyses?
To improve precision
To answer questions not posed by the individual studies
To settle controversies arising from apparently conflicting studies or to generate new hypotheses
All of the above

Question #9: In inverse-variance method, larger studies are given more weight than smaller studies.
True
False

Question #10: Which of the following method is done with inverse-variance method?
Fixed-effect method for meta-analysis
Random-effects methods for meta-analysis
Both
None

Question #11: Meta-regressions are similar in essence to simple regressions, in which an outcome variable is predicted according to the values of one or more explanatory variables.
True
False

Question #12: Which of the following review does not necessarily require methodological quality assessment of included studies?
Systematic review
Narrative review
Scoping review
Both b and c

Question #13: Which of the following is not related to selection bias?
Random sequence generation
Allocation concealment
Attrition
None

Question #14: Which is true about GRADE?
A framework for developing and presenting summaries of evidence and providing a systematic approach for making clinical practice recommendations
Tool for grading the quality of evidence and for making recommendations
A reproducible and transparent framework for grading certainty in evidence
All of the above

Question #15: Which of the following checklist is used to report the systematic review?
PRISMA
CONSORT
STROBE
COREQ

Question #16: Which of the following is the most rigorous and methodologically complex kind of review article?
Narrative review
Scoping review
Systematic review
Meta-analysis

Question #17: Which of the following study provided most robust evidence?
Randomized clinical trails
Cohort study
Cross-sectional analytical study
Systematic review and meta-analysis

Question #18: Steps in a meta-analysis include all of the following except:
Analysis
Abstraction
Selection
Randomization

Question #19: A fixed effects model is most appropriate in a meta-analysis when study findings are
Homogenous
Heterogenous
Either homogenous or heterogenous
Neither homogenous nor heterogenous

Question #20: What is the full form of PRISMA?
Providing Results for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses
Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
Providing Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
Provisional Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses