Topic area | CHF | CMIMG | CPHG | DukeU | EPOC | EPPI | JBI | NOKC | TCD | UBirm | WHU | WJNR | Frequency effect size |
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Guidance related to the context for conducting overviews (i.e., when and why should you conduct an overview?) | |||||||||||||
 Choosing between conducting an overview and a SR | ✓ | ✓ | 2/12 | ||||||||||
 What types of questions about healthcare interventions can be answered using the overview format? | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 7/12 | |||||
 Questions to consider before deciding to conduct an overview | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6/12 | ||||||
 Author team composition and roles | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 4/12 | ||||||||
 Target audience of the overview | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 8/12 | ||||
Guidance related to the process of conducting overviews (i.e., how do you conduct an overview?) | |||||||||||||
 Specifying the scope | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 10/12 | ||
 Searching for SRs | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 11/12 | |
 Selecting SRs for inclusion | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6/12 | ||||||
 Should an overview include non-Cochrane SRs? | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 9/12 | |||
 Assessing quality of included SRs | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 12/12 |
 Collecting and presenting data on descriptive characteristics of included SRs (and their primary studies) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6/12 | ||||||
 Collecting and presenting data on quality of primary studies contained within included SRs | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 7/12 | |||||
 Collecting, analyzing, and presenting outcome data | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 7/12 | |||||
 Assessing quality of evidence of outcome data | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6/12 | ||||||
 Interpreting outcome data and drawing conclusions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 3/12 | |||||||||
 Intensity effect size | 13/15 | 15/15 | 3/15 | 9/15 | 8/15 | 11/15 | 11/15 | 8/15 | 10/15 | 3/15 | 5/15 | 8/15 |