Living systematic review

How it is used

Explain the surveillance schedule and triggers for updating.

Example sentences

1. The living systematic review added three studies after the monthly search.

   New evidence is incorporated through an ongoing process.

2. We paused the living systematic review when funding for regular searches ended.

   Maintaining the review requires continuing resources.

Common collocations

• maintain a living systematic review
• update a living systematic review

Related terms

• systematic reviewA review that uses a clear, pre-planned and repeatable method to find, select and evaluate all relevant studies on a specific question.
• search strategyThe planned method for finding relevant sources, including databases, keywords, filters, and decisions about what to include.

More terms: Literature Review

• literature review
• literature
• research gap
• theoretical framework
• seminal
• synthesize
• draw on
• build on
• primary source
• secondary source
• database
• meta-analysis