The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews

• Published in: BMJ (Online) Vol. 372; p. n71
• Main Authors: Page, Matthew J, McKenzie, Joanne E, Bossuyt, Patrick M, Boutron, Isabelle, Hoffmann, Tammy C, Mulrow, Cynthia D, Shamseer, Larissa, Tetzlaff, Jennifer M, Akl, Elie A, Brennan, Sue E, Chou, Roger, Glanville, Julie, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Hróbjartsson, Asbjørn, Lalu, Manoj M, Li, Tianjing, Loder, Elizabeth W, Mayo-Wilson, Evan, McDonald, Steve, McGuinness, Luke A, Stewart, Lesley A, Thomas, James, Tricco, Andrea C, Welch, Vivian A, Whiting, Penny, Moher, David
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England British Medical Journal Publishing Group 29.03.2021; BMJ Publishing Group LTD; BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
• Subjects: Endorsements; Estimates; Feedback; Humans; Medical Writing - standards; Meta-analysis; Meta-Analysis as Topic; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Quality Control; Research Design - standards; Research Methods & Reporting; Reviews; Statistics as Topic; Systematic review; Systematic Reviews as Topic - methods; Systematic Reviews as Topic - standards; Terminology as Topic

The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement, published in 2009, was designed to help systematic reviewers transparently report why the review was done, what the authors did, and what they found. Over the past decade, advances in systematic review methodo...