Subject Guides: Systematic Reviews: 8) Reporting the Review Process

Reporting the Conduct of the Review

The PRISMA Diagram allows you to report your process and methodology so that the review is transparent and reproducible. It is required by most journals to be accepted as systematic review publication.

Covidence can generate the PRISMA for your review projects:

Reporting Guidelines

PRISMA Checklist
The PRISMA 2020 statement comprises a 27-item checklist addressing the introduction, methods, results and discussion sections of a systematic review report.
PRISMA for Scoping Reviews
The PRISMA extension for scoping reviews was published in 2018. The checklist contains 20 essential reporting items and 2 optional items to include when completing a scoping review. Scoping reviews serve to synthesize evidence and assess the scope of literature on a topic. Among other objectives, scoping reviews help determine whether a systematic review of the literature is warranted.
PRISMA for Diagnostic Test Accuracy
The PRISMA extension for Diagnostic Test Accuracy (DTA) Studies was published in 2018. The 27-item PRISMA diagnostic test accuracy checklist provides specific guidance for reporting of systematic reviews. The PRISMA diagnostic test accuracy guideline can facilitate the transparent reporting of reviews, and may assist in the evaluation of validity and applicability, enhance replicability of reviews, and make the results from systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy studies more useful.
PRISMA for Reviews including Harms Outcomes
The PRISMA harms checklist contains four extension items that must be used in any systematic review addressing harms, irrespective of whether harms are analysed alone or in association with benefits.
PRISMA for systematic review protocols
PRISMA-P was published in 2015 aiming to facilitate the development and reporting of systematic review protocols
PRISMA-Equity
The PRISMA-Equity extension was published in 2012. It provides guidance for reporting equity-focused systematic reviews in order to help reviewers identify, extract, and synthesize evidence on equity in systematic reviews. Health inequity is defined as unfair and avoidable differences in health.
PRISMA for Network Meta-Analyses (PRISMA-NMA)
The PRISMA-NMA extension was published in 2015. It provides guidance for reporting systematic reviews comparing multiple treatments using direct and indirect evidence in network meta-analyses. In addition to providing guidance It also highlights educational information related to key considerations in the practice of network meta-analysis.
EQUATOR Network
Includes 359 guidelines for reporting different study types and clinical areas.