TY - JOUR
T1 - Living systematic review
T2 - 1. Introduction-the why, what, when, and how
AU - Elliott, Julian H.
AU - Synnot, Anneliese
AU - Turner, Tari
AU - Simmonds, Mark
AU - Akl, Elie A.
AU - McDonald, Steve
AU - Salanti, Georgia
AU - Meerpohl, Joerg
AU - MacLehose, Harriet
AU - Hilton, John
AU - Tovey, David
AU - Shemilt, Ian
AU - Thomas, James
PY - 2017/9/11
Y1 - 2017/9/11
N2 - Systematic reviews are difficult to keep up to date, but failure to do so leads to a decay in review currency, accuracy, and utility. We are developing a novel approach to systematic review updating termed "Living systematic review" (LSR): systematic reviews that are continually updated, incorporating relevant new evidence as it becomes available. LSRs may be particularly important in fields where research evidence is emerging rapidly, current evidence is uncertain, and new research may change policy or practice decisions. We hypothesize that a continual approach to updating will achieve greater currency and validity, and increase the benefits to end users, with feasible resource requirements over time.
AB - Systematic reviews are difficult to keep up to date, but failure to do so leads to a decay in review currency, accuracy, and utility. We are developing a novel approach to systematic review updating termed "Living systematic review" (LSR): systematic reviews that are continually updated, incorporating relevant new evidence as it becomes available. LSRs may be particularly important in fields where research evidence is emerging rapidly, current evidence is uncertain, and new research may change policy or practice decisions. We hypothesize that a continual approach to updating will achieve greater currency and validity, and increase the benefits to end users, with feasible resource requirements over time.
KW - Evidence synthesis
KW - Guidelines
KW - Living guidelines
KW - Living systematic review
KW - Systematic review
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85028993474&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.08.010
DO - 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.08.010
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85028993474
SN - 0895-4356
JO - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
JF - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
ER -