. "Appendix H: Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) Checklist." Finding What Works in Health Care: Standards for Systematic Reviews. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2011.
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Selection/Topic
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Checklist Item
DISCUSSION
Summary of evidence
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Summarize the main findings, including the strength of evidence for each main outcome; consider their relevance to key groups (e.g., healthcare providers, users, and policy makers).
Limitations
25
Discuss limitations at a study and outcome level (e.g., risk of bias) and at review level (e.g., incomplete retrieval of identified research, reporting bias).
Conclusions
26
Provide a general interpretation of the results in the context of other evidence and implications for future research.
FUNDING
Funding
27
Describe sources of funding for the systematic review and other support (e.g., supply of data) and the role of funders for the systematic review.
SOURCES: Liberati et al. (2009); Moher et al. (2009).
REFERENCES
Liberati, A., D. G. Altman, J. Tetzlaff, C. Mulrow, P. Gotzsche, J. P. Ioannidis, M. Clarke, P. J. Devereaux, J. Kleijnen, and D. Moher. 2009. The PRISMA Statement for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analysis of studies that evaluate health care interventions: Explanation and elaboration. Annals of InternalMedicine 151(4):W11–W30.
Moher, D., A. Liberati, J. Tetzlaff, and D. G. Altman. 2009. Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: The PRISMA statement. PLoS Medicine 6(7):1–6.
