To assess the reporting of stakeholder involvement in systematic reviews indexed across multiple databases between 2010-2016 in which stakeholders were involved in a systematic review.
Level of Investigation
Descriptive
Summary of Findings
Reporting of who was involved, in what ways and at what stage in the review process was generally very poor, and the majority of the papers (59%) were judged to provide few details and/or an inadequate description of the method or approach of involving stakeholders.
Number of systematic reviews included
271
Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed
12908
Treatment impacted
No
Treatment impacted description
Interpretation impacted
Not Applicable
Interpretation impacted description
Does the article have a publicly available protocol?
Yes
Did the review team include both methodological and clinical experts?
Yes
Sampling strategy for obtaining the systematic reviews under assessment
Comprehensive searches on a particular topic (clinical or methodological)
Was the sample size of systematic reviews subject to any formal sample size or power calculation?
No
Were any or all of the study selection and data extraction performed in duplicate?
Yes
Were any statistical adjustments made to correct for confounding?
Not Applicable
Are the methods of the article described in enough detail to replicate the study?
