Up-to-dateness of reviews is often neglected in overviews: a systematic review

Ref ID 611
First Author D. Pieper
Journal JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
Year Of Publishing 2014
URL https://www.jclinepi.com/article/S0895-4356(14)00340-0/pdf
Keywords General medical
Searching
Currency
Problem(s) Outdated searches
Number of systematic reviews included 147
Summary of Findings More than one-third of the included reviews in the 147 overviews examined were older than 5 years, indicating a high risk of being not up-to-date. Up-to-dateness of reviews was only considered in every fourth review based on analysis of 147 included overviews.
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