- Framework of problems / Transparent
- No registered or published protocol
- Three out of four published systematic reviews on COVID-19 treatments were not registered and one-third of those registered were published: a meta-research study
| Ref ID | 910 |
| First Author | W. Siemens |
| Journal | JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY |
| Year Of Publishing | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0895435622002323?via%3Dihub |
| Keywords |
• COVID • Protocols • Living • Pre-specification • Non-Cochrane reviews |
| Problem(s) |
• No registered or published protocol |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 239 |
| Summary of Findings | From 239 included systematic review of COVID-19 treatments registered in PROSPERO and in the COVID-19 Living Overview of the evidence ( https://app.iloveevidence.com). A total of 71 of 239 PROSPERO protocols (29.7%) were published as full systematic reviews. In the L·OVE sample, 261 of 346 systematic reviews (75.4%) were not registered in PROSPERO before publication. |
| Did the article find that the problem(s) led to qualitative changes in interpretation of the results? | N/A |
| Are the methods of the article described in enough detail to replicate the study? | Yes |