The PRISMA Statement for Reporting Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Studies That Evaluate Health Care Interventions

Explanation and Elaboration

Bibliographic Data

ID23349933
AuthorsAlessandro Liberati (From Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Centro Cochrane Italiano, Istituto Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy; Centre for Statistics in Medicine, University of Oxford and UK Cochrane Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom; Ottawa Methods Centre, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Annals of Internal Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; The Nordic Cochrane Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark), Douglas G Altman (From Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Centro Cochrane Italiano, Istituto Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy; Centre for Statistics in Medicine, University of Oxford and UK Cochrane Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom; Ottawa Methods Centre, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Annals of Internal Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; The Nordic Cochrane Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark), Jennifer Tetzlaff (0000-0003-0787-5363, From Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Centro Cochrane Italiano, Istituto Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy; Centre for Statistics in Medicine, University of Oxford and UK Cochrane Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom; Ottawa Methods Centre, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Annals of Internal Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; The Nordic Cochrane Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark), Cynthia Mulrow (From Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Centro Cochrane Italiano, Istituto Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy; Centre for Statistics in Medicine, University of Oxford and UK Cochrane Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom; Ottawa Methods Centre, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Annals of Internal Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; The Nordic Cochrane Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark), Peter C Gøtzsche (0000-0002-2108-7016, From Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Centro Cochrane Italiano, Istituto Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy; Centre for Statistics in Medicine, University of Oxford and UK Cochrane Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom; Ottawa Methods Centre, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Annals of Internal Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; The Nordic Cochrane Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark), John P A Ioannidis (0000-0003-3118-6859, From Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Centro Cochrane Italiano, Istituto Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy; Centre for Statistics in Medicine, University of Oxford and UK Cochrane Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom; Ottawa Methods Centre, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Annals of Internal Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; The Nordic Cochrane Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark), Mike Clarke (0000-0002-2926-7257, From Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Centro Cochrane Italiano, Istituto Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy; Centre for Statistics in Medicine, University of Oxford and UK Cochrane Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom; Ottawa Methods Centre, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Annals of Internal Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; The Nordic Cochrane Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark), P J Devereaux (0000-0003-2935-637X, From Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Centro Cochrane Italiano, Istituto Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy; Centre for Statistics in Medicine, University of Oxford and UK Cochrane Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom; Ottawa Methods Centre, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Annals of Internal Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; The Nordic Cochrane Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark), Jos Kleijnen (From Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Centro Cochrane Italiano, Istituto Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy; Centre for Statistics in Medicine, University of Oxford and UK Cochrane Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom; Ottawa Methods Centre, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Annals of Internal Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; The Nordic Cochrane Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark), David Moher (0000-0003-2434-4206, From Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Centro Cochrane Italiano, Istituto Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy; Centre for Statistics in Medicine, University of Oxford and UK Cochrane Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom; Ottawa Methods Centre, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Annals of Internal Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; The Nordic Cochrane Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark)
Year2009
Volume151
Issue4
PagesW-65-W-94
Publication date2009-08-18
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnnals of Internal Medicine (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-4819 • E-ISSN: 1539-3704
PublisherAmerican College of Physicians (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.7326/0003-4819-151-4-200908180-00136
LanguageEN
Citations received255
References cited178