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Guidelines for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analysis
| Reporting guidance provided for: | Name of guideline website (where available) | References including PMID |
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Systematic reviews and meta-analyses
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Using PRISMA (talk) |
Moher D, Liberati A, Tetzlaff J, Altman DG, The PRISMA Group. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement. PLoS Med 2009; 6(7): e1000097. PMID: 19621072 BMJ 2009; 339:b2535. PMID: 19622551 Ann Intern Med 2009; 151(4):264-9, W64. PMID: 19622511 J Clin Epidemiol 2009; 62(10):1006-12. PMID: 19631508 Open Med 2009; 3(3);123-130 Liberati A, Altman DG, Tetzlaff J, Mulrow C, Gøtzsche PC, et al. The PRISMA Statement for Reporting Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Studies That Evaluate Health Care Interventions: Explanation and Elaboration. PLoS Med 2009; 6(7): e1000100. PMID: 19621070 BMJ 2009; 339:b2700. PMID: 19622552 Ann Intern Med 2009; 151(4):W65-94. PMID: 19622512
PRISMA Statement replaces the QUOROM guideline (PMID: 10584742 ) |
| Systematic review and meta-analysis abstracts |
PRISMA-Abstracts |
Beller EM, Glasziou PP, Altman DG, Hopewell S, Bastian H, Chalmers I, Gøtzsche PC, Lasserson T, Tovey D; PRISMA for Abstracts Group. PRISMA for Abstracts: Reporting Systematic Reviews in Journal and Conference Abstracts. PLoS Med. 2013 Apr;10(4):e1001419. PMID: 23585737 |
| Systematic reviews with a focus on health equity |
PRISMA-Equity |
Welch V, Petticrew M, Tugwell P, Moher D, O'Neill J, et al. (2012) PRISMA-Equity 2012 Extension: Reporting Guidelines for Systematic Reviews with a Focus on Health Equity. PLoS Med 9(10): e1001333. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001333. Link to full-text |
| Meta-analysis of individual participant data |
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Riley RD, Lambert PC, bo-Zaid G. Meta-analysis of individual participant data: rationale, conduct, and reporting. BMJ 2010;340:c221. PMID: 20139215 |
| Meta-analyses of observational studies | MOOSE | Stroup DF, Berlin JA, Morton SC, Olkin I, Williamson GD, Rennie D, Moher D, Becker BJ, Sipe TA, Thacker SB. Meta-analysis of observational studies in epidemiology: a proposal for reporting. Meta-analysis Of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (MOOSE) group. JAMA 2000; 283(15):2008-2012. PMID: 10789670 |
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RAMESES: realist syntheses |
Wong G, Greenhalgh T, Westhorp G, Buckingham J, Pawson R. RAMESES publication standards: realist syntheses. BMC Med. 2013;11:21. PMID: 23360677 |
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RAMESES: meta-narrative reviews |
Wong G, Greenhalgh T, Westhorp G, Buckingham J, Pawson R. RAMESES publication standards: meta-narrative reviews. BMC Med. 2013;11:20. PMID: 23360661 |
Other resources that include guidance on reporting
- Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions, Cochrane Collaboration. Standards for the Reporting of Cochrane Intervention Reviews (MECIR), Cochrane Collaboration.
- Little J, Higgins JPT (editors). The HuGENETM HuGE Review Handbook, version 1.0. Guidelines for systematic review and meta-analysis of gene disease association studies (see also Systematic Reviews of Genetic Association Studies, PLoS Medicine 2009, 6 (3):e1000028)
- Systematic Reviews. CRD's guidance for undertaking reviews in health care. Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, 2009
- Finding What Works in Health Care: Standards for Systematic Reviews. Chapter 5 - Standards for Reporting Systematic Reviews. Institute of Medicine consensus report. 2011 (full text).
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