Table 2.
PRISMA 2020 for abstracts checklista
| Section and topic | Item # | Checklist item |
|---|---|---|
| Title | ||
| Title | 1 | Identify the report as a systematic review. |
| Background | ||
| Objectives | 2 | Provide an explicit statement of the main objective(s) or question(s) the review addresses. |
| Methods | ||
| Eligibility criteria | 3 | Specify the inclusion and exclusion criteria for the review. |
| Information sources | 4 | Specify the information sources (e.g. databases, registers) used to identify studies and the date when each was last searched. |
| Risk of bias | 5 | Specify the methods used to assess risk of bias in the included studies. |
| Synthesis of results | 6 | Specify the methods used to present and synthesise results. |
| Results | ||
| Included studies | 7 | Give the total number of included studies and participants and summarise relevant characteristics of studies. |
| Synthesis of results | 8 | Present results for main outcomes, preferably indicating the number of included studies and participants for each. If meta-analysis was done, report the summary estimate and confidence/credible interval. If comparing groups, indicate the direction of the effect (i.e. which group is favoured). |
| Discussion | ||
| Limitations of evidence | 9 | Provide a brief summary of the limitations of the evidence included in the review (e.g. study risk of bias, inconsistency and imprecision). |
| Interpretation | 10 | Provide a general interpretation of the results and important implications. |
| Other | ||
| Funding | 11 | Specify the primary source of funding for the review. |
| Registration | 12 | Provide the register name and registration number. |
aThis abstract checklist retains the same items as those included in the PRISMA for Abstracts statement published in 2013 [54], but has been revised to make the wording consistent with the PRISMA 2020 statement and includes a new item recommending authors specify the methods used to present and synthesise results (item #6)