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Scoping Review (ScR)

The guide provides general help on scoping review such as the steps to completing the review process.

PRISMA-ScR (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews)

Updated methodological guidance for the conduct of scoping reviews.  Peters MD, Marnie C, Tricco AC, et al.. Updated methodological guidance for the conduct of scoping reviews. JBI Evidence Implementation. 2021;19(1):3–10. doi: 10.1097/XEB.0000000000000277.

Peters MD, Godfrey CM, Khalil H, McInerney P, Parker D, Soares CB. Guidance for conducting systematic scoping reviews. Int J Evid Based Healthc. 2015 Sep;13(3):141-6. https://doi.org/10.1097/xeb.0000000000000050

Pollock D, Davies EL, Peters MDJ, et al. Undertaking a scoping review: A practical guide for nursing and midwifery students, clinicians, researchers, and academics. J Adv Nurs. 2021;77(4):2102-2113. doi:10.1111/jan.14743

Protocol Registeries

Above are few choices where one can register protocol.

Protocol Examples

Tricco, A. C., Zarin, W., Lillie, E., Pham, B., & Straus, S. E. (2017). Utility of social media and crowd-sourced data for pharmacovigilance: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 7(1), 1-5.

Crick, M., Angus, D. E., & Backman, C. (2018). Exploring the role of regulation and the care of older people with depression living in long-term care? A systematic scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 8(7), 1-4.