PRISMA-P

PRISMA-P is a checklist that helps researchers plan and report their systematic review protocols clearly and completely. It ensures important details like the review's purpose, methods, and planned analyses are described upfront, which improves transparency and reduces bias.

How it works

The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses for Protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015 is a 17-item checklist developed to standardize the reporting of systematic review and meta-analysis protocols. It supports transparency in the design and methodology of reviews, enabling assessment of methodological rigor, identification of protocol deviations, and reduction of selective reporting. It is intended for use by researchers, funders, peer reviewers, and editors.

HTA domains

Clinical Effectiveness, Costs & Economic Evaluation, Patient and Social Aspects

Categories

Reporting StandardsReporting Standards & Best Practice

Assumptions

Researchers will use the checklist prospectively when developing protocols; adherence improves reporting quality and methodological transparency.

Strengths

Standardizes protocol reporting across systematic reviews,Enhances transparency and reduces selective reporting,Useful for peer review, funding applications, and editorial assessment

Limitations

Does not guide methodological quality, only reporting,Adherence is voluntary and varies across journals and institutions

Also known as

PRISMA-P 2015, Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses for Protocols

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