JBI's Systematic Reviews

In Brief This article is the fifth in a series on the systematic review from the Joanna Briggs Institute, an international collaborative supporting evidence-based practice in nursing, medicine, and allied health fields. The purpose of the series is to describe how to conduct a systematic review—one step at a time. This article details the data extraction and data synthesis stages, with an emphasis on conducting a meta-analysis of quantitative data. The fifth article in a series from the Joanna Briggs Institute details the data extraction and data synthesis stages of conducting a systematic review, with an emphasis on performing a meta-analysis of quantitative data.