I don't seem to find anything published (or unpublished) to answer my research question. Broadly, when I search for "PTSD + Virtual Reality + First Responders" (and all the variants these words may present) I get 0 (zero) papers in return. As I follow the process for a systematic review, can I call this "A systematic review"? Did anyone already have a similar situation?
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Hello! I think not, you can’t. I would recommend you mention that it is difficult to find articles that simultaneously talk about all the issues important to your research. And after that, give a review separately for all these points - and virtual reality, and PTSD, and the first respondents. Good luck with your review!
No you can't. Because systematic review is the qualitative synthesis of research evidence to answer a specific question. So if you really wanna conduct syst rev then u must have some informations to synthesise. If no papers are there then this will nt be a review. It's better to search beforehand and see whether there are sufficient data are present or not. If yes then proceed to the protocol formation process.
I would prefer a scoping review like Arksey & O’Malley (2005). Includes a systematic approach (PRISMA standard) and is ideal if the research subject is not yet sufficiently available in the literature.
Arksey, H, O'Malley, L. Scoping studies: towards a methodological framework. International Journal of Social Research Methodology 2005; 8(1): 19–32.
Thank you Anna Haupeltshofer . It makes perfect sense to me.
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