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