Evidence synthesis
Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis
PROSPERO protocol to PRISMA 2020 manuscript — search, screening, risk of bias, forest plots and GRADE, done to Cochrane standard.
- Records identified (databases & registers)3,452
- Screened after 838 duplicates removed2,614
- Full texts assessed (2,407 excluded on title/abstract)207
- Included (169 full texts excluded, with reasons)38
Illustrative example. Full-text exclusions: wrong population 72 · wrong outcome 55 · not a randomised trial 42.



