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Systematic Reviews: Other Types of Reviews

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Other Types of Reviews

Fourteen Types of Reviews

Grant, M. J. , & Booth, A. (2009). A typology of reviews: an analysis of 14 review types and associated methodologies. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 26 (2), 91-108. https://doi: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2009.00848.x  

 

Rapid Reviews

Ganann, R., Ciliska D., & Thomas H. (2010). Expediting systematic reviews: methods and implications of rapid reviews. Implementation Science,   5, (56). https://doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-5-56.

Harker J. , &  Kleijnen J. (2012). What is a rapid review? A methodological exploration of rapid reviews in Health Technology Assessments.  International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare, 10 (4), 397-410. https://doi: 10.1111/j.1744-1609.2012.00290.x

Watt, A., Cameron A. , Sturm, L., Lathlean, T. , Babidge, W. , Blamey S., . . . Maddern, G.  (2008). Rapid versus full systematic reviews: validity in clinical practice? ANZ Journal of Surgery, 78 (11), 1037-1040. https://doi: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2008.04730.x

 

Scoping Reviews

Anderson, S., Allen, P., Peckham, S. , &  Goodwin, N. (2008). Asking the right questions: scoping studies in the commissioning of research on the organisation and delivery of health services. Health Research Policy and Systems, 6 (7). https://doi: 10.1186/1478-4505-6-7.

Arksey, H., & O'Malley, L. (2007). Scoping studies: towards a methodological frameworkInternational Journal of Social Research Methodology, 8 (1), 19-32.

Colquhoun, H. L., Levac, D., O'Brien, K. K., Straus, S., Tricco, A. C., Perrier L., Kastner, M., Moher, D. (2014) Scoping reviews: time for clarity in definition, methods, and reportingJournal of Clinical Epidemiology, 67(12),1291-1294. https://doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.03.013.

Daudt, H. M., van Mossel C., Scott S. J. (2013). Enhancing the scoping study methodology: a large, interā€professional team's experience with Arksey and O'Malley's framework. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 13, 48. https://doi: 10.1186/1471-2288-13-48.

Davis, K., Drey, N., & Gould, D. (2009). What are scoping studies? A review of the nursing literature.  International Journal of Nursing Studies, 46(10), 1386-1400. https://doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2009.02.010.

Levac, D., Colquhoun, H., & O'Brien, K. K. (2010). Scoping studies: advancing the methodologyImplementation Science, 5, 69. https://doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-5-69.

Munn, Z., Peters, M.D.J., Stern, C., Tufanaru, C., McArthur, C., Aromataris, E. (2018) Systematic review or scoping review? Guidance for authors when choosing between a systematic or scoping review approach. BMC Med Res Methodol 18143. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-018-0611-x

Peters, MDJ, Godfrey C, McInerney P, Baldini Soares C, Khalil H, Parker D. Chapter 11: Scoping Reviews. In: Aromataris E, Munn Z (Editors). Joanna Briggs Institute Reviewer's Manual. The Joanna Briggs Institute, 2017. 

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."