International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare· 2015
Guidance for conducting systematic scoping reviews
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This article introduces systematic scoping reviews, a method for mapping the existing research landscape of a topic, particularly when the literature is complex or has not been previously synthesized.
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Key points
- Scoping reviews map the literature on a topic, clarifying definitions and conceptual boundaries.
- They are useful for complex, heterogeneous, or under-synthesized bodies of research.
- This guidance was developed by the Joanna Briggs Institute and its collaborating centers.
- Scoping reviews can inform the need for full systematic reviews or stand alone to disseminate findings and identify research gaps.
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Abstract
Reviews of primary research are becoming more common as evidence-based practice gains recognition as the benchmark for care, and the number of, and access to, primary research sources has grown. One of the newer review types is the 'scoping review'. In general, scoping reviews are commonly used for 'reconnaissance' - to clarify working definitions and conceptual boundaries of a topic or field. Scoping reviews are therefore particularly useful when a body of literature has not yet been comprehensively reviewed, or exhibits a complex or heterogeneous nature not amenable to a more precise systematic review of the evidence. While scoping reviews may be conducted to determine the value and probable scope of a full systematic review, they may also be undertaken as exercises in and of themselves to summarize and disseminate research findings, to identify research gaps, and to make recommendations for the future research. This article briefly introduces the reader to scoping reviews, how they are different to systematic reviews, and why they might be conducted. The methodology and guidance for the conduct of systematic scoping reviews outlined below was developed by members of the Joanna Briggs Institute and members of five Joanna Briggs Collaborating Centres.
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