Facilitating the planning and evaluation of narrative intervention reviews: Systematic Transparency Assessment in Intervention Reviews (STAIR)

Narrative reviews in anesthesia and pain medicine: guidelines for producers, reviewers and consumers

“…However, while the guidelines for reporting, conducting, and evaluating systematic and scoping reviews are well-established, [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] including guidelines for systematic reviews in acute and chronic pain, [14][15][16][17] those for narrative reviews are less lucid. [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29] The purpose of this brief paper is to address this gap by providing guidelines for reporting, conducting, and evaluating narrative reviews, with a focus on exemplars in the field of anesthesia and pain medicine. Consistent with the narrative review approach, the recommended guidelines that follow are intended to provide some degree of flexibility when reporting, conducting, and evaluating narrative reviews.…”

“…Consistent with the narrative review approach, the recommended guidelines that follow are intended to provide some degree of flexibility when reporting, conducting, and evaluating narrative reviews. From the authors perspective, the uniqueness of the current paper lies in (1) one condensed list for those in anesthesia and pain medicine to follow versus trying to decide on the many other different approaches that have been recommended, [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29] (2) examples specific to the field of anesthesia and pain medicine for narrative reviews, and (3) some leeway when reporting, conducting, and evaluating narrative reviews in anesthesia and pain medicine. It is the hope that this paper will result in an increase in both the quality and consistency of reporting, conducting, and evaluating narrative reviews in the field, including a better understanding of the major differences between a narrative review and other types of reviews.…”

“…12 While the guidelines for the reporting, conduct, and evaluation of systematic reviews and scoping reviews have been well-defined, [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] well-established guidelines for conducting and evaluating narrative reviews, as previously mentioned, are more elusive. [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]…”