Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for

Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) Checklist

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TITLE
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Title 1 Identify the report as a scoping review.
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ABSTRACT
Provide a structured summary that includes (as
applicable): background, objectives, eligibility criteria,
Structured Click here to
2 sources of evidence, charting methods, results, and
summary enter text.
conclusions that relate to the review questions and
objectives.
INTRODUCTION
Describe the rationale for the review in the context of
what is already known. Explain why the review Click here to
Rationale 3
questions/objectives lend themselves to a scoping enter text.
review approach.
Provide an explicit statement of the questions and
objectives being addressed with reference to their key
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Objectives 4 elements (e.g., population or participants, concepts, and
context) or other relevant key elements used to enter text.
conceptualize the review questions and/or objectives.
METHODS
Indicate whether a review protocol exists; state if and
Protocol and where it can be accessed (e.g., a Web address); and if Click here to
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registration available, provide registration information, including the enter text.
registration number.
Specify characteristics of the sources of evidence used
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Eligibility criteria 6 as eligibility criteria (e.g., years considered, language,
and publication status), and provide a rationale. enter text.
Describe all information sources in the search (e.g.,
Information databases with dates of coverage and contact with Click here to
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sources* authors to identify additional sources), as well as the enter text.
date the most recent search was executed.
Present the full electronic search strategy for at least 1
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Search 8 database, including any limits used, such that it could be
repeated. enter text.
Selection of
State the process for selecting sources of evidence (i.e., Click here to
sources of 9
screening and eligibility) included in the scoping review. enter text.
evidence†
Describe the methods of charting data from the included
sources of evidence (e.g., calibrated forms or forms that
Data charting have been tested by the team before their use, and Click here to
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process‡ whether data charting was done independently or in enter text.
duplicate) and any processes for obtaining and
confirming data from investigators.
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Data items 11
and any assumptions and simplifications made. enter text.
If done, provide a rationale for conducting a critical
Critical appraisal of
appraisal of included sources of evidence; describe the Click here to
individual sources 12
methods used and how this information was used in any enter text.
of evidence§
data synthesis (if appropriate).

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Describe the methods of handling and summarizing the Click here to
Synthesis of results 13
data that were charted. enter text.
RESULTS
Give numbers of sources of evidence screened,
Selection of
assessed for eligibility, and included in the review, with Click here to
sources of 14
reasons for exclusions at each stage, ideally using a flow enter text.
evidence
diagram.
Characteristics of
For each source of evidence, present characteristics for Click here to
sources of 15
which data were charted and provide the citations. enter text.
evidence
Critical appraisal
If done, present data on critical appraisal of included Click here to
within sources of 16
sources of evidence (see item 12). enter text.
evidence
Results of For each included source of evidence, present the
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individual sources 17 relevant data that were charted that relate to the review
of evidence questions and objectives. enter text.
Summarize and/or present the charting results as they Click here to
Synthesis of results 18
relate to the review questions and objectives. enter text.
DISCUSSION
Summarize the main results (including an overview of
Summary of concepts, themes, and types of evidence available), link Click here to
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evidence to the review questions and objectives, and consider the enter text.
relevance to key groups.
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Limitations 20 Discuss the limitations of the scoping review process.
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Provide a general interpretation of the results with
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Conclusions 21 respect to the review questions and objectives, as well
as potential implications and/or next steps. enter text.
FUNDING
Describe sources of funding for the included sources of
evidence, as well as sources of funding for the scoping Click here to
Funding 22
review. Describe the role of the funders of the scoping enter text.
review.
JBI = Joanna Briggs Institute; PRISMA-ScR = Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses
extension for Scoping Reviews.
* Where sources of evidence (see second footnote) are compiled from, such as bibliographic databases, social media
platforms, and Web sites.
† A more inclusive/heterogeneous term used to account for the different types of evidence or data sources (e.g.,
quantitative and/or qualitative research, expert opinion, and policy documents) that may be eligible in a scoping
review as opposed to only studies. This is not to be confused with information sources (see first footnote).
‡ The frameworks by Arksey and O’Malley (6) and Levac and colleagues (7) and the JBI guidance (4, 5) refer to the
process of data extraction in a scoping review as data charting.
§ The process of systematically examining research evidence to assess its validity, results, and relevance before
using it to inform a decision. This term is used for items 12 and 19 instead of "risk of bias" (which is more applicable
to systematic reviews of interventions) to include and acknowledge the various sources of evidence that may be used
in a scoping review (e.g., quantitative and/or qualitative research, expert opinion, and policy document).

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