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

Abstract

The methods and results of systematic reviews should be reported in sufficient detail to allow users to assess the trustworthiness and applicability of the review findings. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement was developed to facilitate transparent and complete reporting of systematic reviews and has been updated (to PRISMA 2020) to reflect recent advances in systematic review methodology and terminology. Here, we present the explanation and elaboration paper for PRISMA 2020, where we explain why reporting of each item is recommended, present bullet points that detail the reporting recommendations, and present exemplars from published reviews. We hope that changes to the content and structure of PRISMA 2020 will facilitate uptake of the guideline and lead to more transparent, complete and accurate reporting of systematic reviews.

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Matthew James Page, David Moher, Patrick M. Bossuyt, Isabelle Boutron, Tammy Hoffmann, cindy mulrow, … Joanne E. McKenzie (2020). PRISMA 2020 explanation and elaboration: updated guidance and exemplars for reporting systematic reviews. https://doi.org/10.31222/osf.io/gwdhk

@article{james2020prisma,
  title  = {PRISMA 2020 explanation and elaboration: updated guidance and exemplars for reporting systematic reviews},
  author = {Page, Matthew James and Moher, David and Bossuyt, Patrick M. and Boutron, Isabelle and Hoffmann, Tammy and mulrow, cindy and Shamseer, Larissa and Tetzlaff, Jennifer and Akl, Elie A. and Brennan, Sue and Chou, Roger and Glanville, Julie and Grimshaw, Jeremy and Hróbjartsson, Asbjørn and Lalu, Manoj Mathew and Li, Tianjing and Loder, Elizabeth and Mayo‐Wilson, Evan and McDonald, Steve J and McGuinness, Luke A. and Stewart, Lesley A. and Thomas, James and Tricco, Andrea C. and Welch, Vivian Andrea and Whiting, Penny F. and McKenzie, Joanne E.},
  year   = {2020},
  doi    = {10.31222/osf.io/gwdhk}
}

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