Week of 7 February

• Check in: How are you all? How is everyone feeling

about the project?

• Homework: Let’s review your homework from last

week. Which articles did you choose to reject, which
did you choose to retain, and why?
Objectives for Our Meeting
Review Review the goals of title and abstract screening

Review Review the process of title and abstract screening

Review Review the keywords used in title and abstract screening

Demonstrate Demonstrate the ability to correctly use Covidence for title and abstract screening

Demonstrate Demonstrate the ability to correctly filter articles using Covidence

Demonstrate Demonstrate the ability to correctly classify articles using Covidence

Demonstrate Demonstrate the ability to correctly include/exclude articles using Covidence

Ask Ask any questions you may have and seek clarification as necessary
Inclusion Criteria
• Definition: Those criteria that a study must demonstrate in order to be retained for review.

• At the title and abstract stage, the focus is on the presence of keywords from each group.

• To be retained, articles MUST INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE TERM from EACH GROUP in their TITLE
AND/OR ABSTRACT.

• Keywords must be used in a manner consistent with inclusion criteria. As an example, ‘authors read and
reviewed related literature’ would not be considered an instance of ‘read,’ which refers to reading achievement.

• DO NOT CONSIDER other inclusion criteria at this stage.

• The list of keywords has now been finalized.

Group A
• arith* OR decod* OR dyscalcul* OR dyslexi* OR
“language arts” OR literacy OR read* OR math* OR
phonem* OR phonics OR phonologic* OR “ELA”
Group B
• “brain imag*” OR “brain-imag*” OR "diffusion imag*" OR "diffusion MRI" OR
"diffusion tensor" OR "diffusion-tensor" OR "diffusion weighted" OR "diffusion-
weighted" OR electroencephalogra* OR “electro-encephalogra*” OR "event
related" OR "event-related" OR "functional MRI" OR “magnetic resonance*” OR
"magnetic resonance imag*" OR "magnetic-resonance imag*" OR "magnetic
resonance spectroscop*" OR "magnetic-resonance spectroscop*" OR
magnetoencephalogra* OR “magneto-encephalogra*” OR neuroimag* OR
“neuro-imag*” OR "positron emission" OR "positron-emission" OR “single
photon emission” OR "single-photon emission" OR DCS OR DTI OR DWI OR
“EEG” OR “ERP” OR fMRI OR “MEG” OR MRI OR MRS OR “PET” OR
SPECT OR tDCS OR TMS
Group C
• addict* OR alcohol* OR asphyx* OR cannabis OR cigarette* OR cocaine OR
“drug abuse” OR “drug use” OR eclampsia OR “elevated blood pressure” OR
“halogenated organic” OR “heavy metal” OR “high blood pressure” OR
hyperbilirubin* OR “hyper-bilirubin*” OR hypertens* OR “hyper-tens*” OR
hypox* OR “illegal drug*” OR “illicit drug*” OR infect* OR jaundice* OR lead
OR marijuana OR mercury OR methylmercury OR “methyl-mercury” OR nicotin*
OR “organohalogen*” OR “organo-halogen*” OR opiate* OR opioid* OR
plumbism OR "polybrominated biphenyl" OR "poly-brominated biphenyl" OR
"polychlorinated biphenyl" OR "poly-chlorinated biphenyl" OR preeclampsia OR
"pre-eclampsia" OR prematur* OR “pre-matur*” OR preterm OR “pre-term” OR
sepsis OR septicemia OR smok* OR “substance abuse” OR “substance use” OR
toxemia OR tobacco OR “FAS” OR FASD OR FASDs OR PBDE OR PBDEs OR
PCB OR PCBs
Group D
• antepartum OR “ante-partum” OR antenatal OR “ante-
natal” OR babies OR baby OR birth* OR *born* OR
fetal OR fetus* OR foetal OR foetus* OR infant* OR
intrapartum OR “intra-partum” OR matern* OR mother*
OR neonat* OR “neo-nat*” OR newborn OR “new-born”
OR perinatal OR “peri-natal” OR pregnan* OR prenatal
OR “pre-natal” OR prematur* OR “pre-matur*” OR
preterm OR “pre-term” OR “post natal” OR “postnatal”
OR “post-natal”
Review & Advice
• To review, to be retained, articles MUST INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE TERM from EACH
GROUP in their TITLE AND/OR ABSTRACT.
• Please be sure that terms are used in a manner consistent with the inclusion criteria. For
example, ‘leading’ should not be considered an instance of the keyword ‘lead,’ which refers to the
heavy metal.
• Do NOT CONSIDER other inclusion criteria at this stage.
• I have highlighted a large number of terms in Covidence; however, it is possible that a key term
may not be highlighted. Therefore, it is essential to carefully scan the titles and abstracts for
keywords.
• I have included all of the search criteria and keywords in Covidence for your reference. Please
keep them in view while screening.
• Err on the side of caution. If you are not sure whether to retain an article, reach out to me.
• Do NOT SELECT MAYBE. Each article must be retained (YES) or rejected (No).
Homework for the Week of 7 February
• Please screen at least 60 articles this week if you’ve
registered for 2 credit hours.
• Please screen at least 96 articles this week if you’ve
registered for 3 credit hours.
• You are welcome to review more articles if you desire
and have time.
Questions & Comments
• Do you have any questions or thoughts about any of this
week’s activities?