PRISMA statement and Cochrane reviews: Striving to improve quality and validity of systematic reviews

Abstract

Using a standard method for conducting a systematic literature review is always a choice among a few global practice recommendations. In order to support our literature review process as evidence-informed, we conducted a comparative review of the two most popular schools of thought - PRISMA Statement and the Cochrane Handbook. We concluded with the statement that these two methods are not mutually exclusive, but rather supplementary to each other.