Hello everybody.
I am preparing a review on a "broader" question about socioeconomics and I am having difficulties distinguishing between a scoping review and a narrative systematic review.
I hope somebody have some comments on this.
Thank you.
I guess in your case it will be scoping review as:
"A scoping study is less likely to seek to address specific research questions in detail and will not usually assess all aspects of the quality of data or evidence"
Fine more here in this link
https://libguides.rcsi.ie/systematicreviews#s-lg-box-14844485
This article may also be useful:
Article Guidance for conducting systematic scoping reviews
Here is another article link for you to explore:
Systematic review or scoping review? Guidance for authors when choosing between a systematic or scoping review approach.
Article Systematic review or scoping review? Guidance for authors wh...
Thank you for your answer. I already read the article, but it did not really describe the dostinction (or a lack of) between a narrative systematic review and a scoping review.
Thank you for your quick review of the article. I am just wondering whether "narrative systematic review" and "systematic review" are synonymous. Or, it is either "narrative review" which is traditional literature review, or "systematic review".
There are different types of reviews (see link below) except the one we are looking for:
https://guides.mclibrary.duke.edu/c.php?g=158155&p=1035849
Anyway, if you come across the definition of "narrative systematic review" please give me the link.
That is a very valid point Mr. Barua. Thank you. From time to time I see studies on a more heterogeneous research question, where a meta analysis obviously don’t fit. In these cases maybe the only real difference from a scoping review is the critical appraisal of bias?
Hello,
A few years ago, the center I direct, the Center on Knowledge Translation for Disability and Rehabilitation Research (Center on KTDRR) did a training on scoping review methods that may be helpful to you. It is archived here: https://ktdrr.org/training/workshops/scoping/
The Joanna Briggs Institute has also published a how-to manual on scoping reviews:
https://joannabriggs.org/scoping-review-network/resources
Good luck with your project!
Kathleen
Thank you for your answer Ms Murphy. Those are very good references.
The purpose of a scoping review is to provide an overview of the available research evidence without producing a summary answer to a discrete research question. See one of our paper: Article Horizon scanning of therapeutic modalities for nonalcoholic ...
guidelines from Joanna Briggs Institute may provide a clearer perspective perspectice for scoping review - w/c is different from narrative review.
A scoping review is less likely to seek to address specific research questions in detail and will not usually assess all aspects of the literature. It is a type of review that aims to identify the nature and extent of research evidence on a particular topic, and to map the existing literature. On the other hand, a narrative review relies on the author's background knowledge on a topic and is more biased than systematic and scoping reviews. A systematic review, on the other hand, is a comprehensive and reproducible review of the literature that uses a rigorous and transparent methodology to identify, appraise, and synthesize all relevant studies on a specific research question.
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