Graphical Representation of Overlap for Overviews: GROOVE Tool

Autor/inn/en	Pérez-Bracchiglione, Javier; Meza, Nicolás; Bangdiwala, Shrikant I.; Niño de Guzmán, Ena; Urrútia, Gerard; Bonfill, Xavier; Madrid, Eva
Titel	Graphical Representation of Overlap for Overviews: GROOVE Tool
Quelle	In: Research Synthesis Methods, 13 (2022) 3, S.381-388 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Pérez-Bracchiglione, Javier)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1759-2879
DOI	10.1002/jrsm.1557
Schlagwörter	Literature Reviews; Research Methodology; Research Tools; Research Reports; Visual Aids + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Research method; Forschungsmethode; Forschungsmittel; Research report; Forschungsbericht; Anschauungsmaterial
Abstract	Overlap of primary studies among systematic reviews (SRs) is one of the main methodological challenges when conducting overviews. If not assessed properly, overlapped primary studies may mislead findings, since they may have a major influence either in qualitative analyses or in statistical weight. Moreover, overlapping SRs may represent the existence of duplicated efforts. Matrices of evidence and the calculation of the overall corrected covered area (CCA) are appropriate methods to address this issue, but they seem to be not comprehensive enough. In this article we present Graphical Representation of Overlap for OVErviews (GROOVE), an easy-to-use tool for overview authors. Starting from a matrix of evidence, GROOVE provides the number of included primary studies and SRs included in the matrix; the absolute number of overlapped and non-overlapped primary studies; and an overall CCA assessment. The tool also provides a detailed CCA assessment for each possible pair of SRs (or "nodes"), with a graphical and easy-to-read representation of these results. Additionally, it includes an advanced optional usage, incorporating structural missingness in the matrix. In this article, we show the details about how to use GROOVE, what results it achieves and how the tool obtains these results. GROOVE is intended to improve the overlap assessment by making it easier, faster, and more friendly for both authors and readers. The tool is freely available at http://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/U2MS4 and https://es.cochrane.org/es/groovetool (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01