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Abstract—A systematic review is practically necessitated to does not provide satisfactory understanding of risks and
understand a whole view of the research. It is a type of research benefits of DMDs.
that is previously able to be done before conducting a main
research activity. The purpose of this paper is to investigate soft In particularly nurse studies field, [5] identified 825 studies
system methodology (SSM) use in the research field of in the selected database for systematic review. It was
information systems (IS). The method systematic review was conducted to offer a synthesis and overview of empirical
operated in this study, particularly to systematically review research comparing the quality of working life of professional
numerous papers. Four simple main stages were performed here; care workers between small-scale and large-scale nursing
review identifying, previous article screening, further articles homes. The study determined that, in the nursing home sector,
screening, and articles evaluation. The results of the study show the small-scale homes are a good starting point for creating a
the precise position of SSM use in research related to IS field. higher quality of working life. Moreover, [6] did a systematic
review to identify validated instruments evaluating the clinical
Keywords—soft system methodology, systematic review, learning environment, evaluate the methodological quality of
information systems, artciles screening, articles evaluation the psychometric property estimation used, and compare
I. INTRODUCTION psychometric properties across the instrument available. It
decided that the instruments evaluating the quality of the
In conducting the studies, understanding a research settings are recommended deeply. [7] made a review about
comprehensively is one condition that has to be satisfied by review (review of reviews) to appraise the impact of
researchers. A systematic review is on of efforts to fulfil. It is a simulation-based education in nursing students. They acquired
method associating to a literature review that is related to the the review sources coming from 2010 – 2015 (with twenty five
question should be answered by investigators. It is realistically systematic reviews). The review concluded that the students
done by identifying, selecting, and assessing the relevant are satisfied to the implementation of simulation-based
research literatures being focused to be discussed [1]. education and there is an improvement in critical thinking
Numerous systematic reviews have been previously practically.
conducted by researchers in many research fields. In health On the other hand, regarding soft system methodology
care field, where systematic review activity was introduced (SSM), it theoretically is a technique used to solve complex
firstly, [2] conducted a systematic review and meta-analyzes by and unclear problems. Its complexity and ambiguity commonly
changing the guidance QUORUM to PRISMA statement. The occur as it is associated with human characteristics. According
PRISMA itself consists of 27-items checklist and four stages to [8], SSM is appropriate to solve a wicked problem. This
(i.e. identification, screening, eligibility, and included). The method can also be used with multi-discipline by mapping the
review result was structurally delivered in explanatory overall problem. This statement is similarly mentioned by [9].
document. In addition, to identify features of clinical decision Primarily, SSM was mentioned in 1981 by [10]; where ideally,
support systems (CDSS) in clinical practice improving it consists of seven stages: define the situation that is
purpose, [3] performed a systematic review. Here, seventy problematic, express the situation (e.g. top mapping, rich
studies were included. It concluded that CDSS is expressively picture, etc.) possible, select concepts that may be relevant
able to practically enhance the quality of clinical system. Also iteration, assemble concepts into an intellectual structure, use
[4], they conducted a systematic review to assess a current this structure to explore the situation, define changes to the
understanding of multiple sclerosis for information regarding situation (i.e. problems to be tackled), and implement change
disease-modifying drugs (DMDs) provided during the standard processes [11].
healthcare system. The study results said that many patients
Article Number
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4 4 4
4
Review Identifying 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
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2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
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1 1 1 1 1 1
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Previous Articles Screening
1984 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Year
Fig. 2. The number of articles by year
Investigator For next articles screening, five criteria used to select. The
Further Articles Screening
five criteria were determined based on journal name (see Table
1), where they are International Journal of Information
Management, Information Processing and Management,
Information and Software Technology, Information System,
Articles Evaluation and The Journal of Strategic Information System.
Fig. 1. Research steges TABLE I. BASED ARTICLE NUMBER ON FIVE SELECTED JOURNAL
categories should be identified clearly. Those categories are 1..* 1..* 1..* 1
possibly detected from the definition of the system. The Year Literature SearchingTime ReviewPurpose
identification may be regarded as the first step of data analysis.
The second one is [16]. [16] reviewed book [17]. Can be
summarized that information is as a key aspect of information
management, where this management will be operated as an
active learning process in computer based technology. SSM Book Journal