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Systematic Reviews can answer different types of research questions.
Your question may fall into one of the following common categories:
Effectiveness of Intervention
A question about the treatment of an illness, condition or disability.
Etiology/Risk
A question about the causes or origins of a disease.
Diagnosis
A question about the process for determining that someone has a particular disease or injury.
Prognosis/Predictions
A question that explores what happens to patients over the course of a disease or health condition.
Methodological
A question that examines published reports to understand how research is conducted and reported.
Qualitative
A question that does not assess effectiveness. A question that asks “how” or “why”.
For more information on the types of questions that systematic reviews can answer, see the Questions Module of our Prepare Your Topic course.