| Ref ID | 6 |
| First Author | A. C. Tricco |
| Journal | OPEN MEDICINE |
| Year Of Publishing | 2009 |
| URL | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3090115/pdf/OpenMed-03-e210.pdf |
| Keywords |
• Protocols • General medical • Cochrane • Currency |
| Problem(s) |
• Untimely (taking too long) or resource intensive • Unpublished or "zombie" reviews (the file-drawer effect) • Weaknesses identified in some Cochrane reviews |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | Canada |
| Aim | To assess review-related factors (e.g., statistically significant results) associated with the time to publication of Cochrane reviews from Cochrane review protocols in issue 2 (2000) of the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | 79% of the included 93 Cochrane review protocols in issue 2 (2000) of the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews were published as a final review by 2008. A change in authorship between publication of the Cochrane protocol and publication of the final review was associated with longer times to publication. |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 93 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 130 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | No |
| Interpretation impacted description |