articleAnnals of Internal MedicineAug 21, 2007Closed access

How Quickly Do Systematic Reviews Go Out of Date?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.

Citation impact

837
total citations
FWCI
31.66
Percentile
100%
References
32
Citations per year

Authors

6

Topics & keywords

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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