TY - JOUR
T1 - AHRQ series on complex intervention systematic reviews—paper 6
T2 - PRISMA-CI extension statement and checklist
AU - Complex Interventions Workgroup
AU - Guise, Jeanne Marie
AU - Butler, Mary E.
AU - Chang, Christine
AU - Viswanathan, Meera
AU - Pigott, Terri
AU - Tugwell, Peter
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Authors
PY - 2017/10
Y1 - 2017/10
N2 - Background Complex interventions are widely used in health systems, public health, education, and communities and are increasingly the subject of systematic reviews. Oversimplification and inconsistencies in reporting about complex interventions can limit the usability of review findings. Rationale Although guidance exists to ensure that reports of individual studies and systematic reviews adhere to accepted scientific standards, their design-specific focus leaves important reporting gaps relative to complex interventions in health care. This paper provides a stand-alone extension to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) reporting tool for complex interventions—PRISMA-CI—to help authors, publishers, and readers understand and apply to systematic reviews of complex interventions. Discussion PRISMA-CI development followed the Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research Network guidance for extensions and focused on adding or modifying only essential items that are truly unique to complex interventions and are not covered by broader interpretation of current PRISMA guidance. PRISMA-CI provides an important structure and guidance for systematic reviews and meta-analyses for the highly prevalent and dynamic field of complex interventions.
AB - Background Complex interventions are widely used in health systems, public health, education, and communities and are increasingly the subject of systematic reviews. Oversimplification and inconsistencies in reporting about complex interventions can limit the usability of review findings. Rationale Although guidance exists to ensure that reports of individual studies and systematic reviews adhere to accepted scientific standards, their design-specific focus leaves important reporting gaps relative to complex interventions in health care. This paper provides a stand-alone extension to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) reporting tool for complex interventions—PRISMA-CI—to help authors, publishers, and readers understand and apply to systematic reviews of complex interventions. Discussion PRISMA-CI development followed the Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research Network guidance for extensions and focused on adding or modifying only essential items that are truly unique to complex interventions and are not covered by broader interpretation of current PRISMA guidance. PRISMA-CI provides an important structure and guidance for systematic reviews and meta-analyses for the highly prevalent and dynamic field of complex interventions.
KW - Complex interventions
KW - Evidence-based medicine
KW - Guidance as topic
KW - Health care interventions
KW - Publishing standards
KW - Research design
KW - Research report standards
KW - Review literature as topic
KW - Systematic review
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.06.016
DO - 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.06.016
M3 - Article
C2 - 28720516
AN - SCOPUS:85025703348
SN - 0895-4356
VL - 90
SP - 43
EP - 50
JO - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
JF - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
ER -