| Ref ID | 383 |
| First Author | M. Sampson |
| Journal | JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY |
| Year Of Publishing | 2008 |
| URL | https://www.jclinepi.com/article/S0895-4356(08)00053-X/fulltext |
| Keywords |
• Cochrane • General medical • Currency |
| Problem(s) |
• Untimely (taking too long) or resource intensive |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | Canada |
| Aim | To assess the currency of reviews at the time of publication to determine typical and achievable times to publication for systematic reviews published in journals, Health Technology Assessment technical reports or Cochrane Collaboration reviews published between 1995 and 2005. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | The median time from final search to publication was 61 weeks with an interquartile range of 33-87 weeks. Efforts to reduce the time spent in production of systematic reviews can improve currency. Both authors and publishers can contribute to more rapid production of health care evidence syntheses |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 156 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 651 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
| Interpretation impacted description |