Epidemiology and reporting characteristics of non-Cochrane updates of systematic reviews: A cross-sectional study

Ref ID 711
First Author T. Rombey
Journal RESEARCH SYNTHESIS METHODS
Year Of Publishing 2020
URL https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jrsm.1409
Keywords General medical
Low reporting quality
Problem(s) Individual study characteristics not reported sufficiently
Number of systematic reviews included 100
Summary of Findings From 100 included systematic reviews: the number of newly included studies and participants and the number of studies and participants included from the previous systematic review were often not reported. Only 51/100 systematic review updates used the term “update” in the title and none reported having based the decision to update the previous systematic review on an existing method/decision tool.
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