Living systematic review: 1. Introduction—the why, what, when, and how

Living Systematic Review Network; Julian H. Elliott; Anneliese Synnot; Tari Turner; Mark Simmonds; Elie A. Akl; Steve McDonald; Georgia Salanti; Joerg Meerpohl; Harriet MacLehose; John Hilton; David Tovey; Ian Shemilt; Paul Glasziou

doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.08.010

Living systematic review: 1. Introduction—the why, what, when, and how

Living Systematic Review Network, Julian H. Elliott^*, Anneliese Synnot, Tari Turner, Mark Simmonds, Elie A. Akl, Steve McDonald, Georgia Salanti, Joerg Meerpohl, Harriet MacLehose, John Hilton, David Tovey, Ian Shemilt, Paul Glasziou

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	23-30
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume	91
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.08.010
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2017

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Living Systematic Review Network, Elliott, J. H., Synnot, A., Turner, T., Simmonds, M., Akl, E. A., McDonald, S., Salanti, G., Meerpohl, J., MacLehose, H., Hilton, J., Tovey, D., Shemilt, I., & Glasziou, P. (2017). Living systematic review: 1. Introduction—the why, what, when, and how. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 91, 23-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.08.010

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