SECTION/TOPIC | ITEM # | CHECKLIST ITEM |
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INFORMATION SOURCES AND METHODS | ||
Database name | 1 | Name each individual database searched, stating the platform for each. |
Multi-database searching | 2 | If databases were searched simultaneously on a single platform, state the name of the platform, listing all of the databases searched. |
Study registries | 3 | List any study registries searched. |
Online resources and browsing | 4 | Describe any online or print source purposefully searched or browsed (e.g., tables of contents, print conference proceedings, web sites), and how this was done. |
Citation searching | 5 | Indicate whether cited references or citing references were examined, and describe any methods used for locating cited/citing references (e.g., browsing reference lists, using a citation index, setting up email alerts for references citing included studies). |
Contacts | 6 | Indicate whether additional studies or data were sought by contacting authors, experts, manufacturers, or others. |
Other methods | 7 | Describe any additional information sources or search methods used. |
SEARCH STRATEGIES | ||
Full search strategies | 8 | Include the search strategies for each database and information source, copied and pasted exactly as run. |
Limits and restrictions | 9 | Specify that no limits were used, or describe any limits or restrictions applied to a search (e.g., date or time period, language, study design) and provide justification for their use. |
Search filters | 10 | Indicate whether published search filters were used (as originally designed or modified), and if so, cite the filter(s) used. |
Prior work | 11 | Indicate when search strategies from other literature reviews were adapted or reused for a substantive part or all of the search, citing the previous review(s). |
Updates | 12 | Report the methods used to update the search(es) (e.g., rerunning searches, email alerts). |
Dates of searches | 13 | For each search strategy, provide the date when the last search occurred. |
PEER REVIEW | ||
Peer review | 14 | Describe any search peer review process. |
MANAGING RECORDS | ||
Total records | 15 | Document the total number of records identified from each database and other information sources. |
Deduplication | 16 | Describe the processes and any software used to deduplicate records from multiple database searches and other information sources. |