PRISMA-ScR

ITEM 13: SYNTHESIS OF RESULTS

Describe the methods of handling and summarizing the data that were charted.

Title 1 Title Tips for reporting this item:

Abstract 2 Structured summary  Describe the plan for synthesizing the range of evidence
3 Rationale included to answer research questions and objectives
Introduction  Detail how evidence will be presented which may be in a
4 Objectives
narrative format, table, or visual representation, including
Protocol and
5 a map or diagram
registration
6 Eligibility criteria
7 Information sources
Example:
8 Search
Selection of sources of “We grouped the studies by the types of behavior they analyzed,
9 and summarized the type of settings, populations and study
Methods evidence
designs for each group, along with the measures used and
10 Data charting process broad findings. Where we identified a systematic review, we
11 Data items counted the number of studies included in the review that
potentially met our inclusion criteria and noted how many studies
Critical appraisal of
had been missed by our search.”
12 individual sources of
evidence Hutchinson J, Prady SL, Smith MA, White PC, Graham HM. A scoping review of observational
studies examining relationships between environmental behaviors and health behaviors. Int J
13 Synthesis of results Environ Res Public Health. 2015; 12:4833-58 [PMID: 25950651] doi: 10.3390/ijerph120504833
Selection of sources of
14
evidence
Characteristics of
15
sources evidence
Results 16
Critical appraisal within
sources of evidence
Results of individual
17
sources of evidence
18 Synthesis of results
19 Summary of evidence
Discussion 20 Limitations
21 Conclusions
Funding 22 Funding

From: Tricco AC, Lillie E, Zarin W, O'Brien KK, Colquhoun H, Levac D, et al. PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews
(PRISMA-ScR): Checklist and Explanation. Ann Intern Med. 2018;169:467–473. doi:10.7326/M18-0850
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