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Complete your systematic review checklist with all 27 official PRISMA 2020 items
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Title and Abstract
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Title
PRISMA Requirement: Identify the report as a systematic review.
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Abstract
PRISMA Requirement: See the PRISMA 2020 for Abstracts checklist.
Introduction
3
Rationale
PRISMA Requirement: Describe the rationale for the review in the context of existing knowledge.
4
Objectives
PRISMA Requirement: Provide an explicit statement of the objective(s) or question(s) the review addresses.
Methods
5
Eligibility criteria
PRISMA Requirement: Specify the inclusion and exclusion criteria for the review and how studies were grouped for the syntheses.
6
Information sources
PRISMA Requirement: Specify all databases, registers, websites, organisations, reference lists and other sources searched or consulted to identify studies.
7
Search strategy
PRISMA Requirement: Present the full search strategy for at least one database, including any limits used, such that it could be repeated.
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Selection process
PRISMA Requirement: Specify the methods used to decide whether a study met the inclusion criteria of the review, including how many reviewers screened each record and each report retrieved, whether they worked independently, and if applicable, details of automation tools used in the process.
9
Data collection process
PRISMA Requirement: Specify the methods used to collect data from reports, including how many reviewers collected data from each report, whether they worked independently, any processes for obtaining or confirming data from study investigators, and if applicable, details of automation tools used in the process.
10a
Data items
PRISMA Requirement: List and define all outcomes for which data were sought. Specify whether all results that were compatible with each outcome domain in each study were sought (e.g. for all measures, time points, analyses), and if not, the methods used to decide which results to collect.
10b
Data items (continued)
PRISMA Requirement: List and define all other variables for which data were sought (e.g. participant and intervention characteristics, funding sources). Describe any assumptions made about any missing or unclear information.
11
Study risk of bias assessment
PRISMA Requirement: Specify the methods used to assess risk of bias in the included studies, including details of the tool(s) used, how many reviewers assessed each study and whether they worked independently, and if applicable, details of automation tools used in the process.
12
Effect measures
PRISMA Requirement: Specify for each outcome the effect measure(s) (e.g. risk ratio, mean difference) used in the synthesis or presentation of results.
13a
Synthesis methods
PRISMA Requirement: Describe the processes used to decide which studies were eligible for each synthesis (e.g. tabulating the study intervention characteristics and comparing against the planned groups for each synthesis (item #5)).
13b
Synthesis methods (continued)
PRISMA Requirement: Describe any methods required to prepare the data for presentation or synthesis, such as handling of missing summary statistics, or data conversions.
13c
Synthesis methods (continued)
PRISMA Requirement: Describe any methods used to tabulate or visually display results of individual studies and syntheses.
13d
Synthesis methods (continued)
PRISMA Requirement: Describe any methods used to synthesize results and provide a rationale for the choice(s). If meta-analysis was performed, describe the method(s), model(s), and any other parameters used, and provide a rationale for the choice(s).
13e
Synthesis methods (continued)
PRISMA Requirement: Describe any methods used to explore possible causes of heterogeneity among study results (e.g. subgroup analysis, meta-regression).
13f
Synthesis methods (continued)
PRISMA Requirement: Describe any sensitivity analyses conducted to assess robustness of the synthesized results.
14
Reporting bias assessment
PRISMA Requirement: Describe any methods used to assess risk of bias due to missing results in a synthesis (arising from reporting biases).
15
Certainty assessment
PRISMA Requirement: Describe any methods used to assess certainty (or confidence) in the body of evidence for an outcome.
Results
16a
Study selection
PRISMA Requirement: Describe the results of the search and selection process, from the number of records identified in the search to the number of studies included in the review, ideally using a flow diagram.
16b
Study selection (continued)
PRISMA Requirement: Cite studies that might appear to meet the inclusion criteria, but which were excluded, and explain why they were excluded.
17
Study characteristics
PRISMA Requirement: Cite each included study and present its characteristics.
18
Risk of bias in studies
PRISMA Requirement: Present assessments of risk of bias for each included study.
19
Results of individual studies
PRISMA Requirement: For all outcomes, present, for each study: (a) summary statistics for each group (where appropriate) and (b) an effect estimate and its precision (e.g. confidence/credible interval), ideally using structured tables or plots.
20a
Results of syntheses
PRISMA Requirement: For each synthesis, briefly summarise the characteristics and risk of bias among contributing studies.
20b
Results of syntheses (continued)
PRISMA Requirement: Present results of all statistical syntheses conducted. If meta-analysis was done, present for each the summary estimate and its precision (e.g. confidence/credible interval) and measures of statistical heterogeneity. If comparing groups, describe the direction of the effect.
20c
Results of syntheses (continued)
PRISMA Requirement: Present results of all investigations of possible causes of heterogeneity among study results.
20d
Results of syntheses (continued)
PRISMA Requirement: Present results of all sensitivity analyses conducted to assess the robustness of the synthesized results.
21
Reporting biases
PRISMA Requirement: Present assessments of risk of bias due to missing results (arising from reporting biases) for each synthesis assessed.
22
Certainty of evidence
PRISMA Requirement: Present assessments of certainty (or confidence) in the body of evidence for each outcome assessed.
Discussion
23a
Discussion
PRISMA Requirement: Provide a general interpretation of the results in the context of other evidence.
23b
Discussion (continued)
PRISMA Requirement: Discuss any limitations of the evidence included in the review.
23c
Discussion (continued)
PRISMA Requirement: Discuss any limitations of the review processes used.
23d
Discussion (continued)
PRISMA Requirement: Discuss implications of the results for practice, policy, and future research.
Other Information
24a
Registration and protocol
PRISMA Requirement: Provide registration information, including registration number.
24b
Registration and protocol (continued)
PRISMA Requirement: Indicate where the protocol can be accessed, or if not available, state this.
24c
Registration and protocol (continued)
PRISMA Requirement: Describe and explain any amendments to information provided at registration or in the protocol.
25
Support
PRISMA Requirement: Describe sources of financial or other support for the review, and the role of the funders or sponsors in the review.
26
Competing interests
PRISMA Requirement: Declare any competing interests of review authors.
27
Availability of data, code and other materials
PRISMA Requirement: Report which of the following are publicly available and where they can be found: template data collection forms; data extracted from included studies; data used for all analyses; analytic code; any other materials used in the review.
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