narrative review

collocation in English

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narrative
adjective
uk
/ˈnær.ə.tɪv/
us
/ˈner.ə.t̬ɪv/
telling a story or describing a series ...
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review
noun
uk
/rɪˈvjuː/
us
/rɪˈvjuː/
the act of considering something again in order to make changes to it, give an opinion of it or ...
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Using anarrativereviewapproach, we apply a public health framework to organize intervention programs into primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention strategies.
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It is often summarized in the form of anarrativereview, a systematic review, or a metaanalysis.
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The most common method used wasnarrativereview.
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Narrativereviewof published research.
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Systematic reviews, meta-analyses, narrative reviews, reports, and other types of documents were categorized as background information.
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Narrative reviews included a reference list or bibliography as well as a review of one or more studies.
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There also appear to be differences between narrative reviews and meta-analyses.
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Narrative reviews were found to be less likely to assess heterogeneity among the included studies and were less likely to reach definite conclusions.
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Another possible explanation is that narrative reviews, unlike meta-analyses, are unable to increase their power by statistical pooling of data, and so tend to miss small, nonsignificant differences between treatments.
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One explanation for this latter finding is that narrative reviews include a more heterogeneous range of study designs, making it particularly difficult to summarize their results.
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Whatever the explanation, the results suggest that narrative reviews may be less likely to provide clear answers to questions about the effectiveness of health care interventions.
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The journal publishes original research, case reports, and educational articles such as narrative reviews and teaching cases.
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Gaziano conducted two narrative reviews, one of 58 articles with relevant data in 1983 and the other of 39 additional studies in 1997.
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