Are COVID-19 systematic reviews up to date and can we tell? A cross-sectional study.

Steven McDonaldSimon L TurnerPhi-Yen NguyenMatthew J PageTari Turner

Published in: Systematic reviews (2023)

Despite the context of the pandemic and the need to easily ascertain the currency of systematic reviews, reporting of the search date information for COVID-19 reviews was inadequate. Adherence to reporting guidelines would improve the transparency and usefulness of systematic reviews to users.

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