Critical Appraisal Tools to Aid Pharmacists in Evidence-Based Practice: A Narrative Review.

There are many standardized critical appraisal tools that can help in assessing the quality of evidence, and the summary list of tools developed and reported here can help health care researchers to compare among them and choose the best one. No tools were found that have been specifically adapted to serve the needs of pharmacists when assessing scientific articles. Future research should examine how existing critical appraisal tools can better identify common data elements that are essential to evidence-based decision-making in pharmacy practice.