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PRISMA-S: An Extension to the PRISMA Statement for Reporting Literature Searches in Systematic Reviews

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Rethlefsen, Melissa L., Kirtley, Shona, Waffenschmidt, Siw, Ayala, Ana Patricia, Moher, David, Page, Matthew James, Koffel, Jonathan·2019·Systematic Reviews
DOI 10.31219/osf.io/sfc38PMC PMC7839230

Preprint — published as 10.1186/s13643-020-01542-z · Paper page

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OBJECTIVES: Despite wide usage of the PRISMA Statement reporting guideline by systematic review authors, compliance with its items regarding literature search reporting is suboptimal. We sought to develop an international standard for literature search reporting aligned with the PRISMA Statement to improve the quality and reproducibility of reported literature searches.METHODOLOGY: We formed an executive committee to lead the PRISMA-S extension development. The study protocol was published prior to study inception. To identify potential items for inclusion, we performed a literature search. Identified items were reviewed for overlap and consolidated. We then used a three-step Delphi survey process to assess the items. The first survey asked 163 international experts to rate each item, and the second and third rounds asked respondents to select the 25 most necessary items for a checklist. Potential items moved to rounds 2 and 3 based on pre-specified criteria. Remaining items were discussed at an in-person consensus conference. After the consensus conference, the remaining items were consolidated into a checklist. Executive committee members developed an accompanying explanation and elaboration document. The checklist and documentation were distributed for pilot testing. RESULTS: We identified 405 potential items from 61 sources located through the literature search process. Sources included both explicit reporting guidelines and studies assessing reproducibility of search strategies. These were consolidated into 123 potential items for the Delphi survey. We received 52 responses (32% response rate) to the first survey, and 35 (67% response rate) to both surveys two and three. The results of the Delphi process were reported at the consensus conference meeting in May 2016. Post-consensus conference, 34 items remained. The checklist was finalized into 13 items and 10 sub-items. Pilot testing is underway. This document is the draft for the Explanation & Elaboration for Draft 1, released for review/testing.CONCLUSIONS: The PRISMA-S extension for the PReferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) reporting guideline will provide a consensus-driven international standard for literature search reporting. Using this new reporting guideline may enable librarians and information specialists to produce higher quality, more reproducible, transparent search strategies for systematic reviews and other literature review-based publications.

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Authors
Rethlefsen, M. L., Kirtley, S., Waffenschmidt, S., Ayala, A. P., Moher, D., Page, M. J., & Koffel, J.
Affiliations
  • University of Florida (US)
  • University of Oxford (GB)
  • Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (DE)
  • University of Toronto (CA)
  • Ottawa Hospital (CA)
  • Monash University (AU)
  • University of Minnesota (US)
Corresponding author
Rethlefsen, Melissa L.
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Venue
Systematic Reviews
Publisher
Center for Open Science
Published
2019-03-20
Volume
10
Issue
1
Pages
39-39
ISSN
2046-4053 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.31219/osf.io/sfc38
PMC
PMC7839230
OpenAlex
W3123497531
Cited by
3,696
References
128
Citations by year
2026: 1275 · 2025: 695 · 2024: 604 · 2023: 548 · 2022: 399 · 2021: 165 · 2020: 9
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17.92
Type
journal article
Language
en
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cc-by
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  • Systematic Reviews (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • uO Research (University of Ottawa) (submittedVersion, public-domain)
  • TSpace (University of Toronto) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints) (submittedVersion)
  • La Trobe University (cc-by)
Funders
  • Medical Library Association
  • Yale University
  • University of Minnesota (2017-2018)
  • Washington University in St. Louis
  • University of Utah (UL1TR002538)
  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • Dartmouth College
  • University of Ottawa
  • Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
  • McMaster University
  • Kent State University
  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
  • CHEO Research Institute
  • Bond University
  • Cancer Research UK (27294, 16895, C49297/A27294)
  • University of Oxford
  • La Trobe University
  • National Institutes of Health (UL1TR002538)
  • University of Colorado Denver
  • Medical Research Council (MR/J00488X/1)
  • Australian Research Council (DE200101618)
  • National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Delphi Technique in Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Clinical practice guidelines implementation
Keywords
PRISMA-S, reporting checklist, information sources, reporting guidelines
MeSH terms
Systematic Reviews as Topic, Publications, Consensus, Checklist, Research Report

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