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ReviewInternational journal for equity in health2015

Extending the PRISMA statement to equity-focused systematic reviews (PRISMA-E 2012): explanation and elaboration.

Vivian Welch, Mark Petticrew, Jennifer Petkovic, David Moher, Elizabeth Waters, Howard White, Peter Tugwell, PRISMA-Equity Bellagio group

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Review in International journal for equity in health, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers, 26 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

56 citing papers in PubMed, 26 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Equity in pulmonary rehabilitation delivery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2025
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  7. Effects of different types of exercise on sleep quality based on Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index in middle-aged and older adults: a network meta-analysis.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2024
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  9. Interventions for improving health literacy in migrants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023
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  16. Decision coaching for people making healthcare decisions.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Vivian WelchBruyere Research Institute, 43 Bruyère St, Annex E, room 304, Ottawa, K1N 5C8, Ontario, Canada. vivian.welch@uottawa.ca.
Mark PetticrewLSHTM, 15-17 Tavistock Place, London, WC1H 9SH, UK.
Jennifer PetkovicResearch Associate, 43 Bruyère St, Annex E, room 304, Ottawa, K1N 5C8, Ontario, Canada.
David MoherOttawa Hospital Research Institute, The Ottawa Hospital, General Campus, Centre for Practice Changing Research Building 501 Smyth Road, PO BOX 201B, Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 8L6, Canada.
Elizabeth WatersSchool of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Level 5, 207 Bouverie Street, Victoria, 3010, Australia.
Howard WhiteInternational Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), Global Development Network, Post Box No. 7510, Vasant Kunj PO, New Delhi, India.
Peter TugwellDepartment of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 43 Bruyère St, Annex E, room 304, Ottawa, K1N 5C8, Ontario, Canada.
PRISMA-Equity Bellagio group

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research KPE 114370
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe promotion of health equity, the absence of avoidable and unfair differences in health outcomes, is a global imperative. Systematic reviews are an important source of evidence for health decision-makers, but have been found to lack assessments of the intervention effects on health equity. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) is a 27 item checklist intended to improve transparency and reporting of systematic reviews. We developed an equity extension for PRISMA (PRISMA-E 2012) to help systematic reviewers identify, extract, and synthesise evidence on equity in systematic reviews. METHODS AND

findingsIn this explanation and elaboration paper we provide the rationale for each extension item. These items are additions or modifications to the existing PRISMA Statement items, in order to incorporate a focus on equity. An example of good reporting is provided for each item as well as the original PRISMA item.

conclusionsThis explanation and elaboration document is intended to accompany the PRISMA-E 2012 Statement and the PRISMA Statement to improve understanding of the reporting guideline for users. The PRISMA-E 2012 reporting guideline is intended to improve transparency and completeness of reporting of equity-focused systematic reviews. Improved reporting can lead to better judgement of applicability by policy makers which may result in more appropriate policies and programs and may contribute to reductions in health inequities. To encourage wide dissemination of this article it is accessible on the International Journal for Equity in Health, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, and Journal of Development Effectiveness web sites.

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PMCPMC4599721

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