Lesley Stewart

RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials

2019 · BMJ

Assessment of risk of bias is regarded as an essential component of a systematic review on the effects of an intervention. The most commonly used tool for randomised trials is the Cochrane risk-of-bias tool. We …

Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015 statement

2015 · Systematic Reviews

Systematic reviews should build on a protocol that describes the rationale, hypothesis, and planned methods of the review; few reviews report whether a protocol exists. Detailed, well-described protocols can facilitate the understanding and appraisal of …

Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015: elaboration and explanation

2015 · BMJ

Protocols of systematic reviews and meta-analyses allow for planning and documentation of review methods, act as a guard against arbitrary decision making during review conduct, enable readers to assess for the presence of selective reporting …

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. …