Covidence allows you to highlight keywords and phrases that may indicate whether a study should be included or excluded. These highlights can help reviewers quickly identify relevant information while screening.
Adding highlights
You can add screening highlights at any time using Review Setup.
Navigate to your review
On the Review Summary page, locate the Review Setup section
Click Highlights
On the Highlights page, you can add (and delete) keywords or phrases you want to highlight in the title and abstract.
For example, if you set the key phrase “HBV exposure” or "school-based" then all instances of “HBV exposure” or "school-based" would be highlighted.
You can also access highlights in Settings:
Go to Settings
Select the Eligibility Criteria tab
Click Highlights button in top right corner
View highlights during screening
Highlights can be turned on or off while screening in Title and Abstract Screening or Full Text Review.
Open the "More options" menu in the toolbar
Select the "Highlights" checkbox
When enabled, inclusion highlights appear in green and exclusion highlights appear in red.
