“Available Upon Reasonable Request”: Search strategy sharing statements and practices in published systematic reviews

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dc.contributor.authorPremji, Zahra
dc.contributor.authorNeilson, Christine
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-04T21:49:14Z
dc.date.available2023-07-04T21:49:14Z
dc.date.copyright2023en_US
dc.date.issued2023
dc.descriptionPoster presented at CHLA 2023 annual conference in Halifax, NS Citation for the previously published abstract: Premji, Z & Neilson, C. (2023). “Available Upon Reasonable Request”: Search strategy sharing statements and practices in published systematic reviews [Abstract]. https://www.chla-absc.ca/docs/CHLAABSC2023_FullProgram_20230525.pdfen_US
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: There has been an increased emphasis on research transparency and data sharing in recent years. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis (PRISMA) guideline was created in 2009, and updated in 2021, to improve transparency of published systematic reviews (SRs). The PRISMA checklist clearly states that complete search strategies should be reported but authors may not adhere to the guideline. A 2017 scoping review on PRISMA compliance showed that the pooled adherence to item #8 (inclusion of search strategy) of the PRISMA checklist was ~62% (Page & Moher, 2017). Some review authors opt to include a statement that the search strategy is available on request, rather than publish them with the review manuscript. This study examined published SRs containing search strategy availability statements and their subsequent sharing practices. Methods: We conducted fulltext searches using Google Scholar, Lens.org, Academic Search Complete, and EBSCO Medline to identify English-language SRs containing search availability statements that were published in the past five years. Results were deduplicated and screened using Covidence software. Results: 155 SRs were included for data extraction. While some authors readily shared their search strategies, others did not. Reproducibility of the shared strategies varied. Failure to share search strategies reduces transparency and may bring the quality of the overall work into question. References: Page, M. J., & Moher, D. (2017). Evaluations of the uptake and impact of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) Statement and extensions: a scoping review. Systematic reviews, 6(1), 263. doi: 10.1186/s13643-017-0663-8en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusUnrevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.identifier.citationPremji, Z., & Neilson, C. (2023). “Available Upon Reasonable Request”: Search strategy sharing statements and practices in published systematic reviews. [Poster Presentation]. Canadian Health Libraries Association. Halifax, NS.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/15202
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCanadian Health Libraries Associationen_US
dc.subjectSystematic reviewsen_US
dc.subjectSearch strategiesen_US
dc.subject.departmentUniversity of Victoria Libraries
dc.title“Available Upon Reasonable Request”: Search strategy sharing statements and practices in published systematic reviewsen_US
dc.typePosteren_US

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