How Quickly Do Systematic Reviews Go Out of Date? A Survival Analysis
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
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Abstract
Background
Systematic reviews are often advocated as the best source of evidence to guide clinical decisions and health care policy, yet we know little about the extent to which they require updating.
Objective
To estimate the average time to changes in evidence that are sufficiently important to warrant updating systematic reviews.
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837
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- 31.66
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- 100%
- References
- 32
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Keywords
- Medicine
- Systematic review
- Observational study
- Randomized controlled trial
- Sample size determination
- MEDLINE
- Clinical trial
- Family medicine
UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Good health and well-being
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