Half of Cochrane reviews were published more than two years after the protocol

Ref ID 599
First Author M. Z. Andersen
Journal JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
Year Of Publishing 2020
URL https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32413390/
Keywords Cochrane
Protocols
General medical
Currency
Problem(s) Untimely (taking too long) or resource intensive
Number of systematic reviews included 6764
Summary of Findings Median publication time for all reviews analysed was 2.0 years with interquartile range of 1.2 year to 3.4 years and a full range of 0 days to 21.6 years
Did the article find that the problem(s) led to qualitative changes in interpretation of the results? Not Applicable
Are the methods of the article described in enough detail to replicate the study? Yes