About this tool
Protocol Development
A guided walkthrough of protocol sections: the question, eligibility criteria, search, screening, bias, and reporting. Diagrams sit next to the PRISMA-P items they belong to.
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What the guide covers
- 01
Lock the question
Set the research question with PICO or a close variant, and record what the review will and will not answer.
- 02
Set eligibility
Write inclusion and exclusion criteria before you search, so screening rules are already decided.
- 03
Cover the protocol sections
Work through team, search, screening, risk of bias, evidence tables, and synthesis with the PRISMA-P map open.
- 04
Register or share
Use the filled sections as the basis for PROSPERO, OSF, or a journal protocol, then keep the same wording in the methods.
Open the protocol guide
Work through the sections and diagrams in your account. This public page is the overview only.
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