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‘What’s New’ events for Cochrane Reviews and protocols
| Use case | Article type | Type of change | Conclusions changed? | New citation version? | ‘What’s new’ events to select in RevMan | Wording displayed for event on the Cochrane Library | ‘What’s new’ description to add in RevMan |
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| A | Review | - Addition of new studies (e.g. the full inclusion of a study previously awaiting classification)
- Removal of one or more studies previously included (e.g. when the studies have been retracted)
| Yes | Yes | (1) Updated AND (2) New citation: conclusions changed | (1) New search has been performed (2) New citation required and conclusions have changed
| If a new search was conducted, the search date can be added to the description of the 'Updated' 'What's New' event
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No | Yes | (1) Updated AND (2) New citation: conclusions not changed | (1) New search has been performed (2) New citation required but conclusions have not changed |
| B | Review | - Any changes to the following sections or elements (except for minor text or formatting errors that do not impact the data or review findings or interpretation):
- Abstract
- Plain Language Summary
- Summary of Findings Tables
- Scope of the review (e.g. new outcomes, comparisons, types of participants or developments in the intervention or its delivery)
- Methods
- Results (e.g. in effect estimates or confidence intervals)
- Certainty in the results (as expressed by GRADE ratings)
- Conclusions
- Licence for Publication type (e.g. Green to Gold Open Access)
| Yes | Yes | (1) Amended AND (2) New citation: conclusions changed | (1) Amended (2) New citation required and conclusions have changed |
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No | Yes | (1) Amended AND (2) New citation: conclusions not changed | (1) Amended (2) New citation required but conclusions have not changed |
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| C | Protocol | - An important change to the objectives or scope of the proposed review (e.g. new outcomes or changes to the priority or definition of the outcomes, comparisons, methodology, types of participants or developments in the intervention or its delivery)
| Not applicable | Yes | (1) New citation: major change | (1) New citation required and major changes |
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| D | Review or protocol | - Minor typographical errors that do not impact the data, findings or interpretation
- Changes to information presented in the background section that will not otherwise affect the eligibility criteria (e.g. amending definition or burden of disease, or updating supporting references)
- One or more studies removed from ‘Studies awaiting classification’
- New search performed, but studies not fully incorporated into the results of the review (i.e. added to ‘Studies awaiting classification’)*
- Republishing a withdrawn review to add new information to the withdrawal notice (e.g. to indicate that the review has been superseded by a different review)
- Addition of an Editorial note (see Editorial notes)
- Changes to authorship (see Authorship policy)
| No | No | (1) Amended | (1) Amended |
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* Studies are fully incorporated into the Cochrane Review if added to the included studies, excluded studies, ongoing studies, or studies awaiting classification (only if all reasonable efforts to integrate it into included, excluded, or ongoing have failed), or no new studies identified in search. Studies are not fully incorporated if studies identified by the search are added to studies awaiting classification only (see exception above). See ‘Reporting search dates’ for further information.
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