Section/topic |
# |
Checklist item |
Location(s) Reported |
INFORMATION SOURCES AND METHODS
|
Database name |
1 |
Name each individual database searched, stating the platform for each |
p 4, Appendix 1 |
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 |
Appendix 1 |
Study registries |
3 |
List any study registries searched |
n/a |
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 |
n/a |
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) |
5 |
Contacts |
6 |
Indicate whether additional studies or data were sought by contacting authors, experts, manufacturers, or others |
5 |
Other methods |
7 |
Describe any additional information sources or search methods used |
n/a |
SEARCH STRATEGIES
|
Full search strategies |
8 |
Include the search strategies for each database and information source, copied and pasted exactly as run |
Appendix 1 |
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 |
p 4, Appendix 1 |
Search filters |
10 |
Indicate whether published search filters were used (as originally designed or modified), and if so, cite the filter(s) used |
n/a |
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) |
n/a |
Updates |
12 |
Report the methods used to update the search(es) (e.g. rerunning searches, email alerts) |
n/a |
Dates of searches |
13 |
For each search strategy, provide the date when the last search occurred |
p 4, Appendix 1 |
PEER REVIEW
|
Peer review |
14 |
Describe any search peer review process |
n/a |
MANAGING RECORDS
|
Total Records |
15 |
Document the total number of records identified from each database and other information sources |
Appendix 1, Fig 1 |
Deduplication |
16 |
Describe the processes and any software used to deduplicate records from multiple database searches and other information sources |
Appendix 1 |