TY - JOUR
T1 - Scoping Review on Rehabilitation Scoping Reviews
AU - Colquhoun, Heather L.
AU - Jesus, Tiago S.
AU - O'Brien, Kelly K.
AU - Tricco, Andrea C.
AU - Chui, Adora
AU - Zarin, Wasifa
AU - Lillie, Erin
AU - Hitzig, Sander L.
AU - Seaton, Samantha
AU - Engel, Lisa
AU - Rotenberg, Shlomit
AU - Straus, Sharon E.
N1 - Funding Information:
S.E.S. is supported by a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Knowledge Translation. A.C.T. is supported by a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Knowledge Synthesis. K.K.O. is funded by a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Episodic Disability and Rehabilitation.
Funding Information:
We thank Dina Brooks, PhD, and Cheryl Cott, PhD, our 2 rehabilitation experts, for their assistance in inclusion decisions regarding rehabilitation scoping reviews. We thank Alissa Epworth for executing our updated search.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
PY - 2020/8
Y1 - 2020/8
N2 - Objective: To examine the extent, scope, and methodological quality of rehabilitation scoping reviews. Data Sources: A comprehensive list of scoping reviews conducted in the broader health field (inception to July 2014), with a further update of that list (up to February 2017) using similar methods, including searching 9 electronic databases. Study Selection: Articles were included if they were scoping reviews within rehabilitation. Established review methods were used including (1) a PubMed filter detecting rehabilitation content and (2) title-and-abstract screening by 2 independent reviewers applied sequentially to articles from the existing list of scoping reviews and to the updated search results. Full-text articles were reviewed by 1 reviewer, with discrepancies resolved by another after pilot screening with > 80% agreement. Remaining discrepancies were resolved by external experts. Data Extraction: Two independent reviewers used piloted and standardized data extraction forms. Data Synthesis: We screened 1823 records, including 992 full texts, to identify 251 rehabilitation-related scoping reviews. Rehabilitation scoping reviews had an exponential yearly increase since 2008 (r2=0.89; P<.01). The literature addressed diverse topics (eg, spread over 43 condition groupings); 43% were published in Canada. Examples of methodological limitations included: 39% of reviews did not cite the use of a methodological framework, 96% did not include the appropriate flow diagram, 8% did not report eligibility criteria, and 57% did not report data extraction details. Conclusions: The increasing popularity of scoping reviews in rehabilitation has not been met by high standards in methodological quality. To increase the value of rehabilitation scoping reviews, rehabilitation stakeholders need to use existing methodological standards for the conduct, reporting, and appraisal of scoping reviews.
AB - Objective: To examine the extent, scope, and methodological quality of rehabilitation scoping reviews. Data Sources: A comprehensive list of scoping reviews conducted in the broader health field (inception to July 2014), with a further update of that list (up to February 2017) using similar methods, including searching 9 electronic databases. Study Selection: Articles were included if they were scoping reviews within rehabilitation. Established review methods were used including (1) a PubMed filter detecting rehabilitation content and (2) title-and-abstract screening by 2 independent reviewers applied sequentially to articles from the existing list of scoping reviews and to the updated search results. Full-text articles were reviewed by 1 reviewer, with discrepancies resolved by another after pilot screening with > 80% agreement. Remaining discrepancies were resolved by external experts. Data Extraction: Two independent reviewers used piloted and standardized data extraction forms. Data Synthesis: We screened 1823 records, including 992 full texts, to identify 251 rehabilitation-related scoping reviews. Rehabilitation scoping reviews had an exponential yearly increase since 2008 (r2=0.89; P<.01). The literature addressed diverse topics (eg, spread over 43 condition groupings); 43% were published in Canada. Examples of methodological limitations included: 39% of reviews did not cite the use of a methodological framework, 96% did not include the appropriate flow diagram, 8% did not report eligibility criteria, and 57% did not report data extraction details. Conclusions: The increasing popularity of scoping reviews in rehabilitation has not been met by high standards in methodological quality. To increase the value of rehabilitation scoping reviews, rehabilitation stakeholders need to use existing methodological standards for the conduct, reporting, and appraisal of scoping reviews.
KW - Rehabilitation
KW - Review
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U2 - 10.1016/j.apmr.2020.03.015
DO - 10.1016/j.apmr.2020.03.015
M3 - Review article
C2 - 32325163
AN - SCOPUS:85085313359
SN - 0003-9993
VL - 101
SP - 1462
EP - 1469
JO - Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
JF - Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
IS - 8
ER -