Journal article
The life and death of living systematic reviews: a methodological survey
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study are to describe the characteristics of living systematic reviews (LSRs) and to understand their life cycles.
STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: We conducted a comprehensive search up to April 2021 then selected articles and abstracted data in duplicate and independently. We undertook descriptive analyses and calculated delay in version update and delay since the last published version.
Authors
Akl EA; El Khoury R; Khamis AM; El Mikati IK; Pardo-Hernandez H; Farran S; Ibrahim R; Khamis M; Hneiny L; Schunemann HJ
Journal
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, Vol. 156, , pp. 11–21
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
April 2023
DOI
10.1016/j.jclinepi.2023.02.005
ISSN
0895-4356