PRISMA FLOW DIAGRAM: A MUST-READ FOR NOVICE RESEARCHERS vingle.net

PRISMA is the contraction of Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses. By definition, “PRISMA is the evidence-based minimum set of items for reporting meta-analysis and systematic literature review”. Basically, PRISMA statements consist of 27 item checklist, and a flow diagram comprises four phases. In the systematic literature review, the PRISMA flow diagram summarises the screening process. The purpose of this diagram is to help authors in making the reporting process in systematic literature review and meta-analysis transparent. PRISMA is a ‘systematic literature review’s quality assessment instrument’ is only a