How
is the disease/condition defined?
What
are the most important characteristics that describe these people (participants)?
Are
there any relevant demographic factors (e.g. age, sex, ethnicity)?
What
is the setting (e.g. hospital, community etc)?
Who
should make the diagnosis?
Are
there other types of people who should be excluded from the review (because
they are likely to react to the intervention in a different way)?
How
will studies involving only a subset of relevant participants be handled?
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