| 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 • General medical • Protocols • Currency |
| Problem(s) |
• Untimely (taking too long) or resource intensive |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | Denmark |
| Aim | To assess the time from publication of protocol to publication of review for Cochrane reviews from the Cochrane Database published between 1995- 2019 |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| 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 |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 6764 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 8201 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
| Interpretation impacted description |