Front page
Handbook information
Part 1: Cochrane reviews
Part 2: General methods for Cochrane reviews
Part 3: Special topics
    13 Including non-randomized studies
    14 Adverse effects
    15 Incorporating economics evidence
    16 Special topics in statistics
    17 Patient-reported outcomes
    18 Reviews of individual patient data
    19 Prospective meta-analysis
    20 Qualitative research and Cochrane reviews
    21 Reviews in public health and health promotion
    22 Overviews of reviews
       22.1 Introduction
       22.2 Preparing a Cochrane Overview of reviews
       22.3 Format of a Cochrane Overview
          22.3.1 Title and review information (or protocol information)
          22.3.2 Abstract
          22.3.3 Plain language summary
          22.3.4 Text of a Cochrane Overview
          22.3.5 Reviews and references
          22.3.6 Tables
             Introductory text
             22.3.6.1 'Characteristics of included reviews' table
             Figure 22.3.a: Template for a 'Characteristics of included studies' table
             22.3.6.2 'Overview of reviews' table
             Figure 22.3.b: Template for an 'Overview of reviews' Table
             22.3.6.3 Other tables
          22.3.7 Figures
          Figure 22.3.c: Example of a 'forest top plot' comparing interventions for enuresis in children
       22.4 Chapter information
       22.5 References
Additional material