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Do’s and Don’ts in Writing a Scientific Literature Review for Health Care
Research.
Dr. Nancy Agens, Head,
Technical Operations, Pubrica
In brief
Healthcare research is a rapidly growing
hey field necessitating the need to do an
adequate and comprehensive review of
existing literature on the subject. Clinical
literature review services are in the know-
how of writing an effective literature
review article.
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I. PURPOSE OF LITERATURE REVIEW
IN HEALTHCARE RESEARCH
The whole purpose of research is to
increase the collective understanding on
the topic and contribute productively. To
achieve this, one must begin by
understanding the context of the
‘conversation’. And this important task is
done by writing a literature review article.
The number of publications,
research, and journalsare increasing by the
day with an increasing need for dedicated
medical writing or literature review
services with domain-related expertise.
Proportionally the number of rejections is
also on the rise.
Literature review writing is the first
step towards any research and making a
clear case for the research study at hand is
achieved by a well-done review.Clinical
literature review services are providing
immense support to busy clinicians and
researchers on how to write a literature
review.
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The purpose of a proper literature review
can be summarized as below: -
Literature review help explore
previous research conducted in the
field of interest, the limitations and
conflict areas identified and the
need for further research. This
justifies the relevance and
originality of the research work.
It also helps one in understanding
and formulating one’s area of
research in a better manner and
justifies the methodology used.
Literature review article helps
connect the statistical findings of
the research with prior research
statistics.
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It also conveys that the researcher
is serious and dedicated about the
research and intends to complete
the project.
Literature review writing help is
needed in preventing duplication of
research and avoiding redundant
fields and is needed for good
quality research paper.
Literature review is the preliminary
step in any dissertation as part of
an academic requirement. How to
write a literature review is also an
important part of the curriculum.
In short, literature review writing is
done to place our research within the
context of the topic-related existing
research and justifies the need for
proposed research.
II. CONTEXT OF LITERATURE
REVIEW WRITING
There are various circumstances under
which one must do a literature review.
Introduction to a primary research
topic – This sets the context for the
research article or dissertation by
analysing previously published
literature and clearly defining the
place of the current research and its
contribution to the advancement in
the understanding of the topic in
question.
Systematic review –It is related to
meta-analysis and provide a
quantitative or less often qualitative
statistic summarizing several
papers.
Secondary data analysis projects- It
is a research project on its own and
begins with a clear research
question. The project aims at
analysing available data in
answering the question.
III. DO’S AND DON’TS IN
LITERATURE REVIEW
Do’s
1. The research question should beclear
and crisp, preferably one thatcan be
analysedquantitatively.
2. Picking up the right articles is an art
and one should have clear inclusion
and exclusion criteria to perform a
relevant review.
3. Citations should be recent and relevant
in the current context.
4. Citations should include not only those
studies with clear-cut outcomes or
inferences, it should also include those
that are inconclusive or require further
research. This is required for 360
degree understanding, avoiding bias,
and defining further scope for research.
5. Critical appraisal of the studies cited
with an analytical review of the same
is to be done.
6. Adequate number of citations is often
defined by the journal and that needs to
be followed.
7. Organise and document the data in a
format that best suits and justifies the
research study.
Don’ts
1. Research question should not be
ambiguous as it will result in a
haphazard start to the research study.
2. Deviations or inconsistency in
following the defined inclusion and
exclusion criteria make the findings
unreliable.
3. Citations that are old and outdated in
the current context are to be avoided.
4. Bias in citations that intentionally
quote only those that are congruent in
their conclusions to the current study
should be avoided.
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5. Not weighing the studies under
consideration for the quality of
research result in inclusion of poor-
quality literature that make the
outcomes unreliable.
6. Too few or too many citations fail to
convey the crux in the correct
proportions.
7. Data organised in a haphazard manner
becomes inconclusive and does not
interest the reader and sends a wrong
message about the quality of the study.
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Basically, depending on the requirement of
the topic of literature research, whether it
is recent or been around for several years,
whether most facts are clear or unclear,
whether researchers agree or disagree on
most matters and what is the outcome
needed out of the literature search in
context of the objective of the current
study.In short, the review should be well-
structured and should have some form to
the flow of information.
Some broad guidelines are
provided by PRISMA that gives a
checklist of 27 items along with flowcharts
to help in a comprehensive search.
IV. CONCLUSION
Setting the factual context of the current
research study is the first stepto participate
in the ongoing ‘dialogue’ on the subject
and contribute positively to that area of
research.Literature review services help
the busy researcher and how to write a
literature review article.
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