Once you have completed full text screening, included articles will be moved to the "Extraction" portion of the review, where you can extract data from each study and rate its quality:
Step 1. From the "Review Summary" page select the horizontal tab labeled "Extraction"
Step 2. At “Extraction”, click “Continue”
To assess quality, Covidence has built in the Cochrane Risk of Bias (RoB) template. You can choose to use the Cochrane tool (which is designed for rating RCTs), or you can customize the questions available for Risk of Bias to create your own template. You must choose either the Cochrane RoB or a custom RoB. If you choose the custom RoB, you cannot change your selection back to Cochrane.
Note: Regardless of whether you choose the Cochrane tool or another RoB tool, make sure you are using a validated critical appraisal tool.
Step 3. The first reviewer starts to assess the quality of each study.
Step 4. After the first reviewer completes the assessment of all included studies, the status of the article's assessment will be displayed.
Step 5. After all reviewers complete the quality assessment, they will see a comparison of the assessment to a study.
Watch this video produced by Covidence titled "Customizing your Quality Assessment"