Recommendations for the extraction, analysis, and presentation of results in scoping reviews

Abstract

Scoping reviewers often face challenges in the extraction, analysis, and presentation of scoping review results. Using best-practice examples and drawing on the expertise of the JBI Scoping Review Methodology Group and an editor of a journal that publishes scoping reviews, this paper expands on existing JBI scoping review guidance. The aim of this article is to clarify the process of extracting data from different sources of evidence; discuss what data should be extracted (and what should not); outline how to analyze extracted data, including an explanation of basic qualitative content analysis; and offer suggestions for the presentation of results in scoping reviews.

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Affiliated Institutions

• Public Health Ontario CA
• St. Michael's Hospital CA
• University of the Witwatersrand ZA
• The University of Adelaide AU
• Universidade Federal Fluminense BR
• Robert Gordon University GB
• University of Toronto CA
• Campbell Collaboration
• Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg Theodor Fontane DE
• La Trobe University AU
• Queen's University CA
• Universidade de São Paulo BR
• University of Nottingham GB
• University of South Australia AU

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