Are orthodontic systematic reviews registered a priori in PROSPERO?

Ref ID 232
First Author S. Sideri
Journal JOURNAL OF ORTHODONTICS
Year Of Publishing 2017
URL https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/149418/1/OA14_Papageorgiou.pdf
Keywords • Dentistry
• Pre-specification
• Protocols
Problem(s) • No registered or published protocol
Article Type Empirical
Article Subtype Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review
First Author Country Switzerland
Aim To assess the registration in PROSPERO of orthodontic systematic reviews published in 2012- 2016 .
Level of Investigation Descriptive
Summary of Findings From the 182 orthodontic published systematic reviews included, 20.3% were registered in PROSPERO, with registration rates ranging from 4.3% in 2012 to 37.0% in 2016.
Number of systematic reviews included 182
Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed 1176
Treatment impacted No
Treatment impacted description
Interpretation impacted Not Applicable
Interpretation impacted description