The revised edition of the Handbook offers the only guide on how to conduct report and
maintain a Cochrane Review The second edition of The Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews
of Interventions contains essential guidance for preparing and maintaining Cochrane Reviews of
the effects of health interventions. Designed to be an accessible resource the Handbook will
also be of interest to anyone undertaking systematic reviews of interventions outside Cochrane
and many of the principles and methods presented are appropriate for systematic reviews
addressing research questions other than effects of interventions. This fully updated edition
contains extensive new material on systematic review methods addressing a wide-range of topics
including network meta-analysis equity complex interventions narrative synthesis and
automation. Also new to this edition integrated throughout the Handbook is the set of
standards Cochrane expects its reviews to meet. Written for review authors editors trainers
and others with an interest in Cochrane Reviews the second edition of The Cochrane Handbook
for Systematic Reviews of Interventions continues to offer an invaluable resource for
understanding the role of systematic reviews critically appraising health research studies and
conducting reviews.
