Government Social Research
Last Updated: 16/9/2008
Systematic. Full map and synthesis of different types of evidence to answer the review question.
Time taken: 12 months minimum
A multi arm systematic review involves undertaking the full synthesis as in a systematic review but with different sub questions looking at different types of evidence. For example, a review of healthy eating that contained (i) a statistical meta analysis of quantitative experimental research on the efficacy of health promotion interventions aiming to increase fruit and vegetable intake by young people; (ii) a synthesis of qualitative data from research on young people’s views about eating and health; (iii) a synthesis combining the results from (i) and (ii).
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