Section 2 Flow chart of systematic review literature screening
Literature searching results
| Short name | Description |
|---|---|
| Name/rubric | Flow chart showing systematic review literature screening |
| Created in | Microsoft Word (drawing facility) |
| Message | To visualise the flow of a literature search. Figure shows the sources and process of extracting evidence data. It also shows the amount of relevant data available in terms of number of articles/reports. |
| Intended audience | Statisticians and regulators. Not for patients. |
| Knowledge required | Some knowledge on systematic review process and quality of database sources. |
| Unintentional message | N/A |
| Message not communicated | N/A |
| Proposed improvement | Provide number of excluded articles and brief reasons for exclusion at each screening stage |