James Thomas

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 …

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. …

Synthesis without meta-analysis (SWiM) in systematic reviews: reporting guideline

2020 · BMJ

In systematic reviews that lack data amenable to meta-analysis, alternative synthesis methods are commonly used, but these methods are rarely reported. This lack of transparency in the methods can cast doubt on the validity of …

Trialstreamer: a living, automatically updated database of clinical trial reports

2020 · medRxiv

Objective Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are the gold standard method for evaluating whether a treatment works in healthcare, but can be difficult to find and make use of. We describe the development and evaluation of …