- Framework of problems / Comprehensive
- Language restriction
- How Often Do Systematic Reviews Exclude Articles Not Published in English?
| Ref ID | 73 |
| First Author | J. L. Jackson |
| Journal | JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE |
| Year Of Publishing | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6667563/pdf/11606_2019_Article_4976.pdf |
| Keywords |
Language General medical |
| Problem(s) |
Language restriction |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 250 |
| Summary of Findings | From 250 included systematic reviews 84 (34%) explicitly excluded non-English articles, 80 (32%) had no statement about excluding non-English trials, though none included non-English articles, and 86 (34%) indicated that they did their search without language restriction. Of the 86 reviews without language restrictions, only 19 (22%) included non-English trials, representing 2% of the total articles included in these studies. |
| 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? | No |