Thomas Edward Pidgeon1, Georgina Wellstead2, Harkiran Sagoo3, Daniyal J Jafree4, Alexander J Fowler5, Riaz A Agha6. 1. The Academic Surgical Collaborative, UK; St. Andrew's Centre for Plastic Surgery and Burns, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 7ET, UK. Electronic address: tompidgeon@hotmail.com. 2. The Academic Surgical Collaborative, UK; Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, QMUL, London, E1 4NS, UK. Electronic address: georgina_wellstead@msn.com. 3. The Academic Surgical Collaborative, UK; Guy's, King's and St. Thomas' School of Medical Education, King's College London, London, SE1 7EH, UK. Electronic address: h.k.sagoo@outlook.com. 4. The Academic Surgical Collaborative, UK; UCL Medical School, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK. Electronic address: daniyal.jafree.13@ucl.ac.uk. 5. The Academic Surgical Collaborative, UK; Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, SE1 7EH, UK. Electronic address: alexjfowler@gmail.com. 6. The Academic Surgical Collaborative, UK; Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, SE1 7EH, UK; Balliol College, University of Oxford, OX1 3BJ, UK. Electronic address: mail@riazagha.com.
Abstract
CONTEXT: Systematic review evidence is increasing within craniofacial surgery. Compliance with recognised reporting guidelines for systematic review evidence has not been assessed. OBJECTIVE: To assess the compliance of systematic reviews published in craniofacial journals with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) reporting criteria. DATA SOURCES, SEARCH TERMS AND STUDY SELECTION: Thomson Reuters impact factor was used to identify three top craniofacial journals. A search for all systematic review articles published in these journals from 1st May 2010 to 30th April 2015 was conducted using MEDLINE PubMed. DATA EXTRACTION: Two independent researchers assessed each study for inclusion and performed the data extraction. Data included the article reference information; the pathology and interventions examined and compliance of each review article with the PRISMA checklist. DATA SYNTHESIS AND RESULTS: 97 studies were returned by the search. 62 studies proceeded to data extraction. The mean percentage of applicable PRISMA items that were met across all studies was 72.5% (range 28.6-96.2%). The area of poorest compliance was with the declaration of a study protocol (19.4% of studies). Only 37.1% of studies declared their source of funding. CONCLUSIONS: Compliance of systematic review articles within craniofacial surgery with areas of the PRISMA checklist could be improved.
CONTEXT: Systematic review evidence is increasing within craniofacial surgery. Compliance with recognised reporting guidelines for systematic review evidence has not been assessed. OBJECTIVE: To assess the compliance of systematic reviews published in craniofacial journals with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) reporting criteria. DATA SOURCES, SEARCH TERMS AND STUDY SELECTION: Thomson Reuters impact factor was used to identify three top craniofacial journals. A search for all systematic review articles published in these journals from 1st May 2010 to 30th April 2015 was conducted using MEDLINE PubMed. DATA EXTRACTION: Two independent researchers assessed each study for inclusion and performed the data extraction. Data included the article reference information; the pathology and interventions examined and compliance of each review article with the PRISMA checklist. DATA SYNTHESIS AND RESULTS: 97 studies were returned by the search. 62 studies proceeded to data extraction. The mean percentage of applicable PRISMA items that were met across all studies was 72.5% (range 28.6-96.2%). The area of poorest compliance was with the declaration of a study protocol (19.4% of studies). Only 37.1% of studies declared their source of funding. CONCLUSIONS: Compliance of systematic review articles within craniofacial surgery with areas of the PRISMA checklist could be improved.
Authors: David Eugenio Hinojosa-Gonzalez; Andres Roblesgil-Medrano; Juan Bernardo Villarreal-Espinoza; Eduardo Tellez-Garcia; Luis Carlos Bueno-Gutierrez; Jose Ramon Rodriguez-Barreda; Eduardo Flores-Villalba; Jose Antonio Figueroa-Sanchez Journal: Asian Spine J Date: 2021-10-20