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Arroe, M., Steensgard, J., & Greisen, G. (2001). [Emergency transport of newborn infants--fetch or bring?]. Ugeskrift for Laeger, 163(8), 1093-1097.

BR Hanne Aagaard

Is it acceptable to include secondary literature, such as other scoping reviews, umbrella reviews, meta-analyses, or systematic reviews, in the process of conducting a scoping review?

Dear all,

One of my PhD students is doing a scoping review. Based on several inclusion/exclusion criteria, she searched different databases, which led to a number of publications. Strangely enough, despite the keywords, several publications (referred to in another paper addressing a similar topic) did not appear in the list of retrieved publications.

Can she add them (n = 17) to the sample for the scoping review (they concur with the inclusion criteria)?

Thanks!

Luc

Hello

Dear researches

I desire to work on a project based on a review method. The problem is the whole data I have, come from book references and there is no data from the researches or articles, since the area which I'm focused on is quite pristine. However, my question is that: is it possible to do scoping review (or other kinds of review) based on only books?

(It would help to clear the question to know that the project is focused on reviewing a treatment's techniques ).

I have done a lot of research in order to find the answer. sadly, the more I searched, the more I got muddled. I would be grateful to you , if you guide me.

I've seen systematic reviews of systematic reviews published, and with convincing rationale. However, I am thinking on the opposite spectrum -- what if there is only the beginnings of research being conducted on a given topic, is it possible conduct a scoping review of systematic reviews on a given topic? In other words, use whatever published reviews available as a proxy to evaluate the current landscape of research via a scoping review and also identify areas needed for further research (which is an inherent expectation of scoping reviews)?

I have published a systematic review before, and am interested in conducting a scoping review on a relatively new topic as opposed to a systematic review. Of note, no systematic reviews of reviews have been published yet, and I believe because the research landscape remains nascent. In fact, some scholars have argued that a scoping review would be expected to be done before a systematic review in such scenarios -- an implicit indication that the research landscape remains in fact nascent.

Thank you in advance for any insight.

We are planning to conduct a scoping review, but we are not sure if review of related literature is needed or not. We've read articles and we only saw Introduction and then Methods. If RRL is needed, what should be the general content of it?

Hi all,

Is there a maximum number of studies to be included in a scoping review? If yes, kindly advise the number or any best practice (specifically, in the medical field). Also, if we include more than 200 studies in a scoping review (for example, 280 studies), then how should this be handled? What is the best practice for this? I envision there should be a table of some sort with predefined variables, and then there would be the 280 rows for the 280 studies, but how should this be managed / presented in a scoping review, given the high number of studies included?

Thanks in advance. Much appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Zakia Salod

I am conducting a scoping review on a hypertension related topic. I have made a data extraction sheet that extracts information on the type and nature of study, study design, included health behavior etc. My question is when I come across a systematic review how should I extract data on the interventions and their information- as separate studies or as overall result of the review?

Thanks

Rubana

What are the differences between a scoping, literature or mapping review?

Hi all,

Trust this finds you well.

Please assist with the above question. I am specifically interested in the medical domain (however, I guess the 'rule' / best practice will be irrespective of domain).

Thanks!