How to decide whether a systematic review is stable and not in need of updating: Analysis of Cochrane reviews.

Ref ID 664
First Author A. Babic
Journal RESEARCH SYNTHESIS METHODS
Year Of Publishing 2020
URL https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jrsm.1451?casa_token=-i2gavm6xYcAAAAA%3AzeiLyVpbvZMYBQLQuB6SM3wdotcBGz5EgEV3gc3nmQSTfj30FWJNjuQsw9n8D-WivaoxccnTAmNLlnA
Keywords • Cochrane
• Currency
• General medical
Problem(s) • Not updated regularly
• Weaknesses identified in some Cochrane reviews
Article Type Empirical
Article Subtype Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review
First Author Country Croatia
Aim Aims to examine the reasons provided by authors that Cochrane reviews were not being updated two years after publication. Assessed reviews classified as "stable" in Archie on October 28 2019.
Level of Investigation Descriptive
Summary of Findings Almost half of Cochrane reviews did not provide a sufficiently informative reason why the review was deemed to be stable and no in need of undate
Number of systematic reviews included 545
Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed 545
Treatment impacted No
Treatment impacted description
Interpretation impacted No
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