Templates

PRISMA 2020 flow diagram template

Identification, screening and inclusion of studies for a systematic review.

Use it to report how records moved through a systematic review. Add your own counts (n = …) to each box. Confirm the layout against the current PRISMA 2020 statement and your target journal's requirements.

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IDENTIFICATIONSCREENINGINCLUDEDRecords identifiedfrom databases andregisters (n = )Duplicate recordsremoved (n = )Records screened (n = )Records excluded (n = )Reports sought forretrieval (n = )Reports not retrieved(n = )Reports assessed foreligibility (n = )Reports excluded, withreasons (n = )Studies included inreview (n = )
Figure 1. PRISMA 2020 flow diagram template.

Mermaid code

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flowchart TD
  subgraph s1["Identification"]
    n1[("Records identified from databases and registers (n = )")]
    n2["Duplicate records removed (n = )"]
  end
  subgraph s2["Screening"]
    n3["Records screened (n = )"]
    n4["Records excluded (n = )"]
    n5["Reports sought for retrieval (n = )"]
    n6["Reports not retrieved (n = )"]
    n7["Reports assessed for eligibility (n = )"]
    n8["Reports excluded, with reasons (n = )"]
  end
  subgraph s3["Included"]
    n9["Studies included in review (n = )"]
  end
  n1 --> n2
  n2 --> n3
  n3 --> n4
  n3 --> n5
  n5 --> n6
  n5 --> n7
  n7 --> n8
  n7 --> n9