Systematic Reviews and systematically searching the literature are two different research methods. There are 14 different types of reviews you could undertake so please understand the difference.
Systematic Reviews require data synthesis for the meta-analysis and often take months to complete.
For more information on what a true systematic review is, please see our Systematic Review liguide.
PRISMA stands for Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses. It is an evidence-based minimum set of items for reporting in systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
The aim of the PRISMA Statement is to help authors improve the reporting of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
PRISMA can also be used as a basis for reporting systematic reviews of other types of research, particularly evaluations of interventions. PRISMA may also be useful for critical appraisal of published systematic reviews, although it is not a quality assessment instrument to gauge the quality of a systematic review.
PRISMA 2020--Systematic Reviews has been designed primarily for systematic reviews of studies that evaluate the effects of health interventions, irrespective of the design of the included studies. However, the checklist items are applicable to reports of systematic reviews evaluating other interventions (such as social or educational interventions), and many items are applicable to systematic reviews with objectives other than evaluating interventions (such as evaluating aetiology, prevalence, or prognosis). PRISMA 2020 is intended for use in systematic reviews that include synthesis (such as pairwise meta-analysis or other statistical synthesis methods) or do not include synthesis (for example, because only one eligible study is identified).
From: Page MJ, McKenzie JE, Bossuyt PM, Boutron I, Hoffmann TC, Mulrow CD, et al. The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews. BMJ 2021;372:n71. doi:
10.1136/bmj.n71.
The PRISMA extension for scoping reviews was published in 2018. The checklist contains 20 essential reporting items and 2 optional items to include when completing a scoping review. Scoping reviews serve to synthesize evidence and assess the scope of literature on a topic. Among other objectives, scoping reviews help determine whether a systematic review of the literature is warranted.
From: Tricco, AC, Lillie, E, Zarin, W, O'Brien, KK, Colquhoun, H, Levac, D, Moher, D, Peters, MD, Horsley, T, Weeks, L, Hempel, S et al. PRISMA extension for scoping reviews (PRISMA-ScR): checklist and explanation. Ann Intern Med. 2018,169(7):467-473. doi: 10.7326/M18-0850
Citing PRISMA from the website (for authors)
When referring to the PRISMA, we recommend using journal article citations rather than referring to the PRISMA Statement website. If you are not already using a journal article citation, we recommend that you cite one of the above original publications of the PRISMA Statement 2009.
Usage of the PRISMA Statement and Explanatory Document
Citing PRISMA 2020
When referring to the PRISMA 2020 in reports and presentations, we recommend citing one of the journal articles presenting the statement and the explanation and elaboration, rather than referring to the PRISMA website.
Usage of the PRISMA statement and Explanation and Elaboration
Both documents are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium or format for any purpose, provided the original author and source are credited.
GRADEpro software has been developed by the GRADE working group to support the creation of Summary of Findings Tables for Cochrane Reviews and Evidence Profiles. More information about the GRADE approach to assessing the quality of evidence can be found in the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions and the GRADE working group website: www.gradeworkinggroup.org/.
To download and install GRADEpro, visit: ims.cochrane.org/revman/other-resources/gradepro/download
RevMan (aka Review Manager)
Basic definition:
Software developed for The Cochrane Collaboration to assist reviewers in preparing Cochrane Reviews. Reviewers enter their Protocols and reviews into RevMan, from which they are exported and sent to a Managing Editor to be considered for inclusion in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
Cochrane’s main link for RevMan
http://www.cochrane.org/editorial-and-publishing-policy-resource/review-manager-revman
RevMan tutorials
http://www.cochrane.org/news/tags/authors/revman-tutorials-available-youtube
https://sites.google.com/site/revmantutorial1/about
RevMan software download: