PRISMA 2020 and PRISMA-S: common questions on tracking records and the flow diagram.

Authors

Melissa L Rethlefsen, Health Sciences Library & Informatics Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Matthew J Page, Methods in Evidence Synthesis Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Publication Date

4-1-2022

Abstract

The PRISMA 2020 and PRISMA-S guidelines help systematic review teams report their reviews clearly, transparently, and with sufficient detail to enable reproducibility. PRISMA 2020, an updated version of the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses) statement, is complemented by PRISMA-S, an extension to PRISMA focusing on reporting the search components of systematic reviews. Several significant changes were implemented in PRISMA 2020 and PRISMA-S when compared with the original version of PRISMA in 2009, including the recommendation to report search strategies for

ISSN

1558-9439

Document Type

Article

Publisher

Medical Library Association

Keywords

Databases, Factual, Meta-Analysis as Topic, Reproducibility of Results, Research Report, Systematic Reviews as Topic

Recommended Citation

Rethlefsen ML, Page MJ. PRISMA 2020 and PRISMA-S: common questions on tracking records and the flow diagram. J Med Libr Assoc. 2022;110(2):253-257. doi:10.5195/jmla.2022.1449

Publication Title

Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA