After Abstract Screening and Full-Text Review have been completed, you have the option to perform a Risk of Bias Assessment on the included articles.
To begin the Risk of Bias assessments for your citations, go to the project and click on the number beside Pending Risk of Bias. The Risk of Bias page appears.
Split-Screen View #
By default the Split-Screen view is enabled. You can toggle this ON or OFF by clicking on the button in the top right corner of the screen.
Split-Screen Enabled #
When you begin Risk of Bias with the Split-Screen enabled, the full-text PDF will be displayed on the left side of the screen. Also on the left side of the screen above the PDF is a collapsed drop-down window for the section where you can select Tags, add Notes, and add Supplemental Links and PDFs.
The Risk of Bias form questions will be displayed on the right side of the screen.
The answers to questions are saved automatically by the system after text is entered in the free-text field or a selection has been made. The check will go green when a question has been saved successfully. If the check does not go green, you may need to click Refresh and enter text into the free-text field, or make the selection again.
Split-Screen Disabled #
When you begin Risk of Bias with the Split-Screen disabled, the full-text PDF will be in a collapsed drop-down window in the top-center of the screen. Click on the drop-down to view the PDF. The Risk of Bias form questions are also on this part of the screen, but extend to the right side of the screen.
On the left side of the screen you will see a collapsed drop-down window for Tags, Notes, and Supplemental Articles. Click on the drop-down to view or select Tags, and to view or add Notes and Supplemental PDFs and Links.
On the left side of the screen under Tags, Notes, and Supplemental Articles, you will see a Checklist for the domain, which has all of the questions listed with their short-form name. The checklist ensures that the questions are being saved automatically by the system after text is entered in the free-text field or a selection has been made. The check will go green when a question has been saved successfully.
Required Questions #
Questions that must be answered to mark the Risk of Bias form as Completed are denoted by a red asterisk.
Complete Risk of Bias Assessment #
Once you have answered all required questions on the form, click Completed in the top right corner of the screen. You may need to click the Refresh icon if the Warning dialog box appears prompting you to review the checklist. Once you Refresh, you should be able to click Completed and move on to the next Risk of Bias Assessment.
