TY - JOUR
T1 - Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (prisma-p) 2015
T2 - Elaboration and explanation
AU - the PRISMA-P Group
AU - Shamseer, Larissa
AU - Moher, David
AU - Clarke, Mike
AU - Ghersi, Davina
AU - Liberati, Alessandro
AU - Petticrew, Mark
AU - Shekelle, Paul
AU - Stewart, Lesley A.
AU - Altman, Douglas G.
AU - Booth, Alison
AU - Chan, An Wen
AU - Chang, Stephanie
AU - Clifford, Tammy
AU - Dickersin, Kay
AU - Egger, Matthias
AU - Gøtzsche, Peter C.
AU - Grimshaw, Jeremy M.
AU - Groves, Trish
AU - Helfand, Mark
AU - Higgins, Julian
AU - Lasserson, Toby
AU - Lau, Joseph
AU - Lohr, Kathleen
AU - McGowan, Jessie
AU - Mulrow, Cynthia
AU - Norton, Melissa
AU - Page, Matthew
AU - Sampson, Margaret
AU - Schünemann, Holger
AU - Simera, Iveta
AU - Summerskill, William
AU - Tetzlaff, Jennifer
AU - Trikalinos, Thomas A.
AU - Tovey, David
AU - Turner, Lucy
AU - Whitlock, Evelyn
PY - 2015/1/2
Y1 - 2015/1/2
N2 - Protocols of systematic reviews and meta-analyses allow for planning and documentation of review methods, act as a guard against arbitrary decision making during review conduct, enable readers to assess for the presence of selective reporting against completed reviews, when made publicly available, reduce duplication of efforts and potentially prompt collaboration. Evidence documenting the existence of selective reporting and excessive duplication of reviews on the same or similar topics is accumulating and many calls have been made in support of the documentation and public availability of review protocols. Several efforts have emerged in recent years to rectify these problems, including development of an international register for prospective reviews (PROSPERO) and launch of the first open access journal dedicated to the exclusive publication of systematic review products, including protocols (BioMed Central's Systematic Reviews). Furthering these efforts and building on the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses) guidelines, an international group of experts has created a guideline to improve the transparency, accuracy, completeness, and frequency of documented systematic review and meta-analysis protocols-PRISMA-P (for protocols) 2015. The PRISMA-P checklist contains 17 items considered to be essential and minimum components of a systematic review or meta-analysis protocol. This PRISMA-P 2015 Explanation and Elaboration paper provides readers with a full understanding of and evidence about the necessity of each item as well as a model example from an existing published protocol. This paper should be read together with the PRISMA-P 2015 statement. Systematic review authors and assessors are strongly encouraged to make use of PRISMA-P when drafting and appraising review protocols.
AB - Protocols of systematic reviews and meta-analyses allow for planning and documentation of review methods, act as a guard against arbitrary decision making during review conduct, enable readers to assess for the presence of selective reporting against completed reviews, when made publicly available, reduce duplication of efforts and potentially prompt collaboration. Evidence documenting the existence of selective reporting and excessive duplication of reviews on the same or similar topics is accumulating and many calls have been made in support of the documentation and public availability of review protocols. Several efforts have emerged in recent years to rectify these problems, including development of an international register for prospective reviews (PROSPERO) and launch of the first open access journal dedicated to the exclusive publication of systematic review products, including protocols (BioMed Central's Systematic Reviews). Furthering these efforts and building on the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses) guidelines, an international group of experts has created a guideline to improve the transparency, accuracy, completeness, and frequency of documented systematic review and meta-analysis protocols-PRISMA-P (for protocols) 2015. The PRISMA-P checklist contains 17 items considered to be essential and minimum components of a systematic review or meta-analysis protocol. This PRISMA-P 2015 Explanation and Elaboration paper provides readers with a full understanding of and evidence about the necessity of each item as well as a model example from an existing published protocol. This paper should be read together with the PRISMA-P 2015 statement. Systematic review authors and assessors are strongly encouraged to make use of PRISMA-P when drafting and appraising review protocols.
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U2 - 10.1136/bmj.g7647
DO - 10.1136/bmj.g7647
M3 - Review article
C2 - 25555855
AN - SCOPUS:84920843179
SN - 0959-8146
VL - 349
JO - BMJ (Online)
JF - BMJ (Online)
M1 - g7647
ER -