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Settings

Click on Settings to configure or modify the review settings.

Review settings

You can modify :

  • the name of the review
  • the type of review
  • the area of research

To delete the review, click on Delete this Review (be careful,you cannot undo this action!)

 

Indicate the number of reviewers (1 or 2) for the following actions :

  • sorting of references from titles and abstracts (screen)
  • selection of articles from the full text (full text review)
  • data extraction 

The default number of reviewers is 2. To limit the risk of bias, Covidence suggests to leave this number at 2. Choose 1 reviewer if you work solo.

These choices are part of your methodology, it is strongly advised not to change them along the way.

Select the method of extraction.

Click on Save.


Visit the Covidence website for more information on extraction.

Settings - reviewers

Add (or remove) reviewers to your research team by clicking on Invite another reviewer.

Anyone invited to participate in a review will need to create an account in Covidence to access it.

In this screen you will see:

  • reviewers who have accepted your invitation
  • reviewers who have been invited but have not yet accepted your invitation

Team settings

For each section, the progress of the project is displayed along with the contribution of each team member.

  • Title and abstract screening
  • Full text review
  • Extraction

You can Manage Rules to indicate :

  • the names of the people who are to act as evaluators
  • the name of the person who will act as referee for the final choice in case of a "conflict", e.g. 2 evaluators vote differently

If no rules are given, all team members can do anything (Everyone can do anything).

Parameters - criteria and exclusions

To help you choose which items to keep.

Inclusion / exclusion criteria

Identify, using keywords, inclusion criteria and exclusion criteria.


Reasons for exclusion

Create a list of reasons for excluding items, so you can keep track of your decisions. Add as many reasons as you want.


Highlighting of keywords

Create a list of keywords, from those chosen in the first step, which will appear, if desired, highlighted in the documents.

  • in green for inclusions
  • in red for exclusions

Study Tags

Choose labels that can be added to references. These labels will be kept during the final export.

  • ex : duplicate

Be careful not to introduce any bias, as the labels are visible to all members.

  • Example: the label "very interesting" could influence the vote.

Some labels are already added and cannot be removed:

  • Ongoing study
  • Awaiting classification