|
Funders
|
Promote or mandate adherence to PRISMA-P or use PRISMA-P as a template for systematic review proposals for grant applications
|
Improved quality, completeness, and consistency of systematic review proposal submissions
|
|
Standardized protocol content will improve peer review efficiency and investigator understanding of requirements
|
|
Systematic review authors/groups/organizations
|
Use/adhere to PRISMA-P during protocol development
|
Improved quality, completeness, and consistency of protocol content
|
|
Enables reviewers to anticipate and avoid future changes to review methods (i.e., outcomes)
|
|
Increased awareness of minimum content for protocol reporting
|
|
Improved completeness of reporting of completed reviews
|
|
PROSPERO (and other review registries)
|
Encourage the development of PRISMA-P-based protocols
|
Improved quality of registry entries
|
|
Improved consistency across registry entries, protocols, and systematic reviews
|
|
Practice guideline developers
|
Use PRISMA-P to gauge the completeness of protocols and facilitate detection of selective reporting when considering reviews for guideline inclusion
|
Enables easy comparison across protocols, registry entries, and completed systematic reviews
|
|
Policymakers
|
Advocate use of PRISMA-P by those funding and carrying out systematic reviews
|
May yield better quality, more complete, and more consistent reviews to inform decision-making
|
|
Journal editors
|
Encourage compliance to PRISMA-P for authors submitting protocols for publication
|
Improved quality, completeness, and consistency of protocols over those published in journals not endorsing PRISMA-P
|
|
Offer PRISMA-P as a template to assist in protocol writing for publication
|
Increased efficiency in protocol peer and author understanding of journal requirements
|
|
Improved transparency and interpretation of reviews by readers
|
|
Educators
|
Use PRISMA-P as a training tool
|
Simplified teaching and grading of protocols
|
|
Encourage adherence in students submitting protocols for coursework
|
Improved quality, completeness, and consistency of protocol content
|
|
Students
|
Develop protocols for coursework or research using PRISMA-P
|
Improved understanding of the minimum protocol content
|
| | |
Well-trained systematic reviewer going into the workforce
|
