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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015 statement
Systematic Reviews, Volume 4, No. 1, Article 1, Year 2015
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Description
Systematic reviews should build on a protocol that describes the rationale, hypothesis, and planned methods of the review; few reviews report whether a protocol exists. Detailed, well-described protocols can facilitate the understanding and appraisal of the review methods, as well as the detection of modifications to methods and selective reporting in completed reviews. We describe the development of a reporting guideline, the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses for Protocols 2015 (PRISMA-P 2015). PRISMA-P consists of a 17-item checklist intended to facilitate the preparation and reporting of a robust protocol for the systematic review. Funders and those commissioning reviews might consider mandating the use of the checklist to facilitate the submission of relevant protocol information in funding applications. Similarly, peer reviewers and editors can use the guidance to gauge the completeness and transparency of a systematic review protocol submitted for publication in a journal or other medium. © 2015 Moher et al.
Authors & Co-Authors
Moher, David
Canada, Ottawa
University of Ottawa
Canada, Ottawa
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Shamseer, Larissa
Canada, Ottawa
University of Ottawa
Canada, Ottawa
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Clarke, Michael J.
United Kingdom, Belfast
Queen's University Belfast
Ghersi, Davina
Australia, Parkes
Australian Government
Liberati, Alessandro
Italy, Modena
Università Degli Studi Di Modena e Reggio Emilia
Petticrew, Mark P.
United Kingdom, London
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Shekelle, Paul G.
Unknown Affiliation
Stewart, Lesley Anne
United Kingdom, York
University of York
Altman, Douglas G.
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division
Booth, Alison M.
United Kingdom, York
University of York
Chan, Anwen
Canada, Toronto
Women's College Research Institute
Chang, Stephanie M.
United States, Rockville
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Dickersin, Kay
United States, Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Egger, Matthias
Switzerland, Zurich
Institut Für Sozial- Und Präventivmedizin
Gøtzsche, Peter Christian
Denmark, Copenhagen
Nordic Cochrane Centre
Grimshaw, Jeremy M.
Canada, Ottawa
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Groves, Trish
United Kingdom, London
British Medical Journal
Helfand, Mark
Unknown Affiliation
Higgins, Julian P.T.
United Kingdom, Bristol
School of Social and Community Medicine
Lasserson, Toby J.
United Kingdom, London
Cochrane Editorial Unit
Lau, Joseph T.F.
United States, Providence
Brown University
McGowan, Jessie L.
Canada, Ottawa
University of Ottawa
Mulrow, Cynthia D.
Unknown Affiliation
Page, Matthew James
Australia, Clayton
Monash University
Sampson, Margaret
Canada, Ottawa
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa
Schunëmann, Holger J.
Canada, Hamilton
Mcmaster University
Tetzlaff, Jennifer M.
Canada, Ottawa
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Tovey, David I.
Unknown Affiliation
Statistics
Citations: 14,603
Authors: 28
Affiliations: 25
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1186/2046-4053-4-1
ISSN:
20464053
Study Approach
Systematic review