| 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 |
| Interpretation impacted description |