Build a Systematic Evidence Review

Conduct a systematic evidence review on the following question:

Review question: [the specific question to answer — be precise]
Field or domain: [academic discipline or professional area]
Purpose: [policy decision / business decision / academic research / personal decision / other]
Depth required: [quick evidence scan / thorough review / full systematic review]
Types of evidence to include: [randomised controlled trials / observational studies / case studies / expert opinion / all]
Geographic scope: [global / specific regions]
Time range: [all available / last 5 years / last 10 years]
Quality threshold: [peer-reviewed only / include grey literature / all sources]

Conduct the review:

SCOPING:
- Refined review question using PICO or similar framework
  (Population / Intervention / Comparison / Outcome)
- Inclusion and exclusion criteria
- Search strategy (key terms and combinations)
- Databases and sources to search

EVIDENCE MAPPING:
- Categories of evidence found
- Volume and quality of available evidence
- Key researchers and institutions in this area
- Landmark studies that define the field

QUALITY ASSESSMENT:
- How to assess study quality for this evidence type
- Risk of bias checklist
- Strength of evidence grading (GRADE or similar)
- What makes evidence in this area particularly strong or weak

FINDINGS SYNTHESIS:

What the evidence shows (high confidence):
- Findings supported by multiple high-quality studies
- Effect sizes and practical significance where known
- Consistency across contexts and populations

What the evidence suggests (moderate confidence):
- Promising findings with some limitations
- Areas of emerging consensus

What remains uncertain:
- Questions the evidence cannot yet answer
- Conflicting findings and why they conflict
- Methodological limitations across the literature

CONCLUSIONS:
- Direct answer to the review question with confidence level
- Practical implications
- What additional research would most improve confidence
- Recommendations for the decision at hand