To ensure valid and unbiased methodology of a scoping review, it is important that a minimum of 2 team members perform blinded independent screening at each stage of the process (Title & Abstract screening, Full text screening). A third team member is recommended to break any ties.
The Covidence platform provides blinded independent screening at each stage.
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Citation chasing is a technique you can use to identify relevant literature that may be missed in traditional systematic search methods. Citation chasing uses the citations of relevant articles to identify additional articles of relevance.
There are some helpful tools that can streamline and automate this process.
The PRISMA Flow Diagram provides transparency and allows for reproducibility of the scoping review.
The PRISMA flow diagram visually summarizes the screening process. It initially records the number of articles found in each resource and then makes the selection process transparent by reporting on decisions made at various stages of the review. The number of articles is recorded at each step of the screening process. When you're excluding articles at the full-text stage, it is important to include the reasons for exclusion.
