Table 5. Living approach methodology.

Rationale for LSR provided:

Priority (%)

Uncertainty (%)

Emerging evidence (%)

Other (%)

Number of sources

Newly added (median [IQR])

Retained (median [IQR])

Newly removed (median [IQR])

Use of auto alerts (%)

Use of traditional search update (%)

Search frequency (median [IQR]) in months

Search terms modified (%)

Meta-analytic methods adjusted for frequent updating

Trial sequential analysis (%)

Sequential meta-analysis (%)

The Shuster method (%)

Law of the iterated logarithm (%)

Not adjusted (%)

Changes in LSR methodology compared to the previous version of the LSR (%)

LSR – living systematic review, IQR – interquartile range