Extending the PRISMA statement to equity-focused systematic reviews (PRISMA-E 2012): explanation and elaboration

International Journal for Equity in Health

Research

Vivian Welch¹  Peter Tugwell²  Howard White³  Mark Petticrew⁴  David Moher⁵  Jennifer Petkovic⁶  Elizabeth Waters⁷ 

[1] Bruyere Research Institute, 43 Bruyère St, Annex E, room 304, K1N 5C8, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada;Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 43 Bruyère St, Annex E, room 304, K1N 5C8, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada;International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), Global Development Network, Post Box No. 7510, Vasant Kunj PO, New Delhi, India;LSHTM, 15-17 Tavistock Place, WC1H 9SH, London, UK;Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, The Ottawa Hospital, General Campus, PO BOX 201B, Centre for Practice Changing Research Building 501 Smyth Road, K1H 8L6, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada;Research Associate, 43 Bruyère St, Annex E, room 304, K1N 5C8, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada;School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Level 5, 207 Bouverie Street, 3010, Victoria, Australia;

关键词: Health Inequality;    Health Equity;    Health Inequity;    Reporting Guideline;    Disadvantaged Population;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12939-015-0219-2

 received in 2015-07-20, accepted in 2015-09-21,  发布年份 2015

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe promotion of health equity, the absence of avoidable and unfair differences in health outcomes, is a global imperative. Systematic reviews are an important source of evidence for health decision-makers, but have been found to lack assessments of the intervention effects on health equity. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) is a 27 item checklist intended to improve transparency and reporting of systematic reviews. We developed an equity extension for PRISMA (PRISMA-E 2012) to help systematic reviewers identify, extract, and synthesise evidence on equity in systematic reviews.Methods and findingsIn this explanation and elaboration paper we provide the rationale for each extension item. These items are additions or modifications to the existing PRISMA Statement items, in order to incorporate a focus on equity. An example of good reporting is provided for each item as well as the original PRISMA item.ConclusionsThis explanation and elaboration document is intended to accompany the PRISMA-E 2012 Statement and the PRISMA Statement to improve understanding of the reporting guideline for users. The PRISMA-E 2012 reporting guideline is intended to improve transparency and completeness of reporting of equity-focused systematic reviews. Improved reporting can lead to better judgement of applicability by policy makers which may result in more appropriate policies and programs and may contribute to reductions in health inequities.To encourage wide dissemination of this article it is accessible on the International Journal for Equity in Health, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, and Journal of Development Effectiveness web sites.

【 授权许可】

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© Welch et al. 2015