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APA Referencing Guide: Health Resources

Cochrane Systematic Reviews

Cochrane Library does not have a built-in citation generator. You may use the following template for citing articles found using this database. To find the issue and page ranges, you will need to view the PDF (click PDF and then Full PDF on the left).

Reference list entry

Author Surname, Initial(s). (year). Title of review. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. https://doi.org/DOI

Reference list example

Chunhu Shi, Dumville, J., Cullum, N., Rhodes, S., McInnes, E., En Lin Goh, & Norman, G. (2021). Beds, overlays and mattresses for preventing and treating pressure ulcers: An overview of Cochrane Reviews and network meta-analysis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviewshttps://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013761.pub2

Chunhu Shi, Dumville, J., Cullum, N., Rhodes, S., McInnes, E., En Lin Goh, & Norman, G. (2021). Foam surfaces for preventing pressure ulcers. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviewshttps://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013621.pub2

Gillespie, B.M., Walker R.M., Latimer, S.L., Thalib, L., Whitty, J.A., McInnes, E., & Chaboyer, W.P. (2020). Repositioning for pressure injury prevention in adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviewshttps://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD009958.pub3

PubMed

Note:

Remember Best Practice is to reference from the main source documents - if there is a link from Cochrane out to PubMed and PubMed has the citation for this document then go with that citation.

You can always mention that the Systematic Reviews or Randomised Control Trial is also published in the Cochrane Library.  For example - The link below will take you to the Cochrane page for the article see if you can find the link to PubMed and then find the APA citation tool.  If you need help with this contact the library. 

Article Information: 

Topical Almond Oil for Prevention of Pressure Injuries: A Single-Blinded Comparison Study. Cochrane Central Register of
Controlled Trialshttps://www.cochranelibrary.com/central/doi/10.1002/central/CN-02120665/full

The PubMed APA reference for this article is:

Borzou, S. R., Amiri, S., Azizi, A., Tapak, L., Rahimi Bashar, F., & Moradkhani, S. (2020). Topical Almond Oil for Prevention of Pressure Injuries: A Single-Blinded Comparison Study. Journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing: official publication of The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society47(4), 336–342. https://doi.org/10.1097/WON.0000000000000648