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Are the Results of the Study Valid?
What are the Results?
Will the Results Help Me in Caring for My Patients?

Are the Results of the Study Valid?

Did the overview address a focused clinical question?
Were the criteria used to select articles for inclusion appropriate?
Is it unlikely that important, relevant studies were missed?
Was the validity of the included studies appraised?
Were assessments of studies reproducible?
Were the results similar from study to study?

What are the Results?

What are the overall results of the review?
How precise were the results?

Will the Results Help Me in Caring for My Patients?

Can the results be applied to my patient care?
Were all clinically important outcomes considered?
Are the benefits worth the harms and costs?

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