Patrick M. Bossuyt

PRISMA 2020 explanation and elaboration: updated guidance and exemplars for reporting systematic reviews

2021 · BMJ

The PRISMA 2020 statement includes a checklist of 27 items to guide reporting of systematic reviews In this article we explain why reporting of each item is recommended, present bullet points that detail the reporting …

STARD 2015: an updated list of essential items for reporting diagnostic accuracy studies

2015 · BMJ

Incomplete reporting has been identified as a major source of avoidable waste in biomedical research. Essential information is often not provided in study reports, impeding the identification, critical appraisal, and replication of studies. To improve …

The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews

2021 · BMJ

The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement, published in 2009, was designed to help systematic reviewers transparently report why the review was done, what the authors did, and what they found. …