Risk and Protective Factors in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Rapid Evidence Map.

ABSTRACT: Background: Given the worldwide spread of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), there is an urgent need to identify risk and protective factors and expose areas of insufficient understanding. Emerging tools, such as the Rapid Evidence Map (rEM), are being developed to systematically characterize large collections of scientific literature. We sought to generate an rEM of risk and protective factors to comprehensively inform areas that impact COVID-19 outcomes for different sub-populations in order to better protect the public. Methods: We developed a protocol that includes a study goal, study questions, a PECO statement, and a process for screening literature by combining semi-automated machine learning with the expertise of our review team. We applied this protocol to report

SUBMITTER: Elmore R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7732416 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature