TY - JOUR
T1 - Living systematic review
T2 - 1. Introduction—the why, what, when, and how
AU - Living Systematic Review Network
AU - Elliott, Julian H.
AU - Synnot, Anneliese
AU - Turner, Tari
AU - Simmonds, Mark
AU - Akl, Elie A.
AU - McDonald, Steve
AU - Lasserson, Toby
AU - Meerpohl, Joerg
AU - MacLehose, Harriet
AU - Hilton, John
AU - Tovey, David
AU - Shemilt, Ian
AU - Thomas, James
AU - Agoritsas, Thomas
AU - Perron, Caroline
AU - Akl, Elie
AU - Hodder, Rebecca
AU - Pestridge, Charlotte
AU - Albrecht, Lauren
AU - Horsley, Tanya
AU - Platt, Joanne
AU - Armstrong, Rebecca
AU - Nguyen, Phi Hung
AU - Plovnick, Robert
AU - Arno, Anneliese
AU - Ivers, Noah
AU - Quinn, Gail
AU - Au, Agnes
AU - Johnston, Renea
AU - Rada, Gabriel
AU - Bagg, Matthew
AU - Jones, Arwel
AU - Ravaud, Philippe
AU - Boden, Catherine
AU - Kahale, Lara
AU - Richter, Bernt
AU - Boisvert, Isabelle
AU - Keshavarz, Homa
AU - Ryan, Rebecca
AU - Brandt, Linn
AU - Kolakowsky-Hayner, Stephanie A.
AU - Salama, Dina
AU - Brazinova, Alexandra
AU - Nagraj, Sumanth Kumbargere
AU - Buchbinder, Rachelle
AU - Lasserson, Toby
AU - Santaguida, Lina
AU - Lawrence, Rebecca
AU - Macleod, Malcolm
AU - Taylor, Mark
PY - 2017/11/1
Y1 - 2017/11/1
N2 - Systematic reviews are difficult to keep up to date, but failure to do so leads to a decay in review currency, accuracy, and utility. We are developing a novel approach to systematic review updating termed “Living systematic review” (LSR): systematic reviews that are continually updated, incorporating relevant new evidence as it becomes available. LSRs may be particularly important in fields where research evidence is emerging rapidly, current evidence is uncertain, and new research may change policy or practice decisions. We hypothesize that a continual approach to updating will achieve greater currency and validity, and increase the benefits to end users, with feasible resource requirements over time.
AB - Systematic reviews are difficult to keep up to date, but failure to do so leads to a decay in review currency, accuracy, and utility. We are developing a novel approach to systematic review updating termed “Living systematic review” (LSR): systematic reviews that are continually updated, incorporating relevant new evidence as it becomes available. LSRs may be particularly important in fields where research evidence is emerging rapidly, current evidence is uncertain, and new research may change policy or practice decisions. We hypothesize that a continual approach to updating will achieve greater currency and validity, and increase the benefits to end users, with feasible resource requirements over time.
KW - Evidence synthesis
KW - Guidelines
KW - Living guidelines
KW - Living systematic review
KW - Systematic review
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85028993474&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.08.010
DO - 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.08.010
M3 - Review article
C2 - 28912002
AN - SCOPUS:85028993474
SN - 0895-4356
VL - 91
SP - 23
EP - 30
JO - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
JF - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
ER -