Critical Appraisal Tools CEBM
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) Critical Appraisal Checklists can be used to assess the quality of systematic reviews & meta-analyses, RCTs, cohort studies, case-control studies, diagnostic studies, economic studies.
Checklists to appraise both quantitative and qualitative studies are available in the Joanna Briggs Institute Reviewers' Manual, in the appendices.
Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP): CASP Checklists include tools for systematic reviews, RCTs, cohort studies, case control studies, economic evaluations, diagnostic studies, qualitative studies and clinical prediction rule.
Cochrane Handbook Chapter 8: Assessing risk of bias in included studies
Critical Appraisal Worksheets from Duke University Medical Center Library & Archives.
