Previous studies Identification of new studies via databases and registers Identification of new studies via other methods
Studies included in previous version of Records removed before screening:
Identification
Records identified from:
review (n = 294) Records identified from: Duplicate records (n = 4)
Websites (n = 6)
Reports of studies included in previous Databases (n = 6) Records marked as ineligible by automation
Organisations (n = 2)
version of review Registers (n = 18) tools (n = 98)
Citation searching (n = 73)
(n = 43) Records removed for other reasons (n = 32)
Records screened Records excluded
(n = 294) (n = 178)
Reports sought for retrieval Reports not retrieved Reports sought for retrieval Reports not retrieved
Screening
(n = 65) (n = 2) (n = 23) (n = 1)
Reports excluded:
Reports excluded:
Reports assessed for eligibility Reason1 (n = NA) Reports assessed for eligibility
Reason1 (n = NA)
(n = 34) Reason2 (n = NA) (n = 158)
Reason2 (n = NA)
Reason3 (n = NA)
New studies included in review
(n = 20)
Reports of new included studies
(n = 20)
Included
Total studies included in review
(n = 116)
Reports of total included studies
(n = 0)