Gian Carlo Torres PhD, RN, Leila Ledbetter MLIS, AHIP, Sarah Cantrell MLIS, AHIP-D, Anna Rita L. Alomo MALIS, RL, Thomas J. Blodgett PhD, RN, AGACNP-BC, Maria Victoria Bongar MHPEd, RN, Sandy Hatoum MSc-GH, BScN, Steph Hendren MLIS, AHIP, Ritzmond Loa PhD, RN, Sherihan Montaña MHPEd, RN, Earl Francis Sumile PhD, RN, Kathleen M. Turner DNP, RN, Michael V. Relf PhD, RN, AACRN, CNE, ANEF, FAAN
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Abstract
Introduction
Systematic reviews are considered the highest level of evidence that can help guide evidence-informed decisions in nursing practice, education, and even health policy. Systematic review publications have increased from a sporadic few in 1980s to more than 10,000 systematic reviews published every year and around 30,000 registered in prospective registries.
Methods
A cross-sectional design and a variety of data sources were triangulated to identify the journals from which systematic reviews would be evaluated for adherence to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) 2020 reporting guidelines and scope. Specifically, this study used the PRISMA 2020 reporting guidelines to assess the reporting of the introduction, methods, information sources and search strategy, study selection process, quality/bias assessments, and results and discussion aspects of the included systematic reviews.
Results
Upon review of the 215 systematic reviews published in 10 top-tier journals in the field of nursing in 2019 and 2020, this study identified several opportunities to improve the reporting of systematic reviews in the context of the 2020 PRISMA statement. Areas of priority for reporting include the following key areas: (1) information sources, (2) search strategies, (3) study selection process, (4) bias reporting, (5) explicit discussion of the implications to policy, and lastly, the need for (6) prospective protocol registration.
Discussion
The use of the PRISMA 2020 guidelines by authors, peer reviewers, and editors can help to ensure the transparent and detailed reporting of systematic reviews published in the nursing literature.
Clinical Relevance
Systematic reviews are considered strong research evidence that can guide evidence-based practice and even clinical decision-making. This paper addresses some common methodological and process issues among systematic reviews that can guide clinicians and practitioners to be more critical in appraising research evidence that can shape nursing practice.
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