Maintaining relevance in HIV systematic reviews: an evaluation of Cochrane reviews.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Research turnover in the HIV field is rapid, and as a result, maintaining high-quality, up-to-date, and relevant systematic reviews is a challenge. One approach is to frequently update published reviews.

Methods

We evaluated the methods and relevance of all HIV systematic reviews and protocols published in the Cochrane Library over a 16-year period (2000-2016) to determine the need to update published reviews or complete of reviews in progress.

Results

Of 148 published reviews and protocols, 129 (87%) were identified as not for updating or progression to publication, mostly due to research questions which were either entirely outdated or addressed questions in an outdated manner (N = 89; 60%); this was anticipated for older reviews, but was found also to be

SUBMITTER: Eshun-Wilson I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6366015 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature