- Framework of problems /
- Redundant / overlapping / duplicated review question; leads to research waste
Articles that support this problem:
Tai Chi and Parkinson's disease (PD): A systematic overview of the scientific quality of the past systematic reviews
2019 : Complementary therapies in medicine
An overview and methodological assessment of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of enhanced recovery programmes in colorectal surgery
2014 : Bmj open
The mass production of redundant, misleading, and conflicted systematic reviews and meta‐analyses
2016 : The milbank quarterly
Systematic review finds overlapping reviews were not mentioned in every other overview
2014 : Journal of clinical epidemiology
Multiple overlapping systematic reviews facilitate the origin of disputes: the case of thrombolytic therapy for pulmonary embolism
2018 : Journal of clinical epidemiology
Replication, Duplication, and Waste in a Quarter Million Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
2018 : Circulation. cardiovascular quality & outcomes
Overlapping systematic reviews of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction comparing hamstring autograft with bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft: why are they different?
2007 : Jbjs
Discrepancies in meta-analyses answering the same clinical question were hard to explain: a meta-epidemiological study
2020 : Journal of clinical epidemiology
The art and science of study identification: a comparative analysis of two systematic reviews
2016 : Bmc medical research methodology
Decisions about lumping vs. splitting of the scope of systematic reviews of complex interventions are not well justified: a case study in systematic reviews of health care professional reminders
2012 : Journal of clinical epidemiology
(Meta) analyze this: systematic reviews might lose credibility
2012 : Nature medicine
Why are Cochrane hepato-biliary reviews undervalued by physicians as an aid for clinical decision-making?
2010 : Digestive and liver disease
Characteristics and quality of systematic reviews of acupuncture, herbal medicines, and homeopathy
2003 : Complementary medicine research
Extent and nature of duplication in PROSPERO using COVID-19-related registrations: a retrospective investigation and survey
2022 : Bmj open
A Call for Improving Research on Pain Neuroscience Education and Chronic Pain: An Overview of Systematic Reviews
2023 : Journal of orthopaedic & sports physical therapy
Contradictory Findings of Two Recent Meta-Analyses: What Are We Supposed to Believe About Anesthetic Technique in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery?
2021 : Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia
Assessment of Duplicate Evidence in Systematic Reviews of Imaging Findings of Children with COVID-19
2021 : Jama network open
Systematic reviews of convalescent plasma in COVID-19 continue to be poorly conducted and reported: a systematic review
2022 : Journal of clinical epidemiology
Replication of systematic reviews: is it to the benefit or detriment of methodological quality?
2023 : Journal of clinical epidemiology