In what context should we choose to do a scoping review? How is it different from systematic review, literature review, mapping review and Cochrane review?
What are its mandatory or optional reporting items? Is it as rigorous as the PRISMA guidelines?
Does it have an international registry like PROSPERO?
https://bmcmedresmethodol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12874-018-0611-x
Hi Linda,
A scoping review is a systematic knowledge synthesis done to examine the extend, the range and the nature of evidence on a topic or question.
Yes there is a reporting guideline called PRISMA-ScR. Check out Tricco et al (2018) PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR): Checklist and explanation.
Also read Arksey and O'Malley article on scoping review. You will get a better understanding of the framework for conducting it.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1364557032000119616.
Read this article for the differences between reviews (scoping, systematic, critical, mapping, literature, meta-synthesis, rapid, etc).
Grant & Booth (2009).
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2009.00848.x
Regards!
Eric
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
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