Data extraction templates
If you are using study centric data management and choose to use Covidence to extract study data, your data will automatically be exported in a format compatible with import into RevMan. Read more about how to import study data from CSV using Covidence.
Otherwise, you can download and use the templates below to inform the design of your data extraction forms. Templates are only available for the Included studies.
These data extraction templates for importing study data into your review can only be used with study centric data management, which is Cochrane’s recommended approach to data management in intervention reviews. See Study centric data management.
If you want to populate study manually, and for all other studies (i.e. Excluded, Awaiting classification, Ongoing), see how you can enter study data manually and edit study information. See also Paste study characteristics.
Before preparing your data extraction templates, make sure you have set up your review criteria as these will need to match exactly with the data in your files. Then use these templates to import all of your study data in a few clicks:
- Study information (add one row per study, includes general study information, study characteristics and covariates)
- Study arms (add one row per arm for each study, includes the arms the studies report to and which intervention they map to)
- Study results (add one row per arm for each study, includes contrast and arm level result data including calculator input fields)
- Risk of bias judgements and support for judgements (note a review can only use either Risk of Bias 1 or Risk of Bias 2)
- Risk of bias 1 (one row per study)
- Risk of bias 2 (one row per result)