| Ref ID | 939 |
| First Author | M. Carev |
| Journal | JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH |
| Year Of Publishing | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10288962/ |
| Keywords |
• Protocols • Pain • Publication bias • Non-Cochrane reviews |
| Problem(s) |
• Unpublished or "zombie" reviews (the file-drawer effect) |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | Croatia |
| Aim | To assess the characteristics and completion status of systematic reviews on regional anaesthesia for acute perioperative pain relief registered in PROSPERO up to 5th January 2022. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | From 174 included systematic reviews on regional anaesthesia for acute perioperative pain relief registered in PROSPERO up to 5th January 2022. Despite an increase in PROSPERO registrations about regional anaesthesia, most were not published, and a third had inaccurate status. PROSPERO records were completed systematic reviews, published after a median of 291 days. Inconsistency in status was found in 34% of PROSPERO records. |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 174 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 784 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
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