Table 2 Respondents’ opinions about literature reviews
From: Acceptance of a systematic review as a thesis: survey of biomedical doctoral programs in Europe
Survey items | Agree n (%) | Neither agree nor disagree n (%) | Disagree n (%) | Don’t know n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Narrative or critical/discursive literature reviews preceding clinical studies planned as part of a dissertation should be replaced with scoping reviews | 16 (22.5%) | 27 (38.0%) | 19 (26.8%) | 9 (12.7%) |
Narrative or critical/discursive literature reviews preceding clinical studies planned as part of a dissertation should be replaced with systematic reviews | 23 (32.4%) | 24 (33.8%) | 18 (25.4%) | 6 (8.5%) |
Narrative or critical/discursive literature reviews preceding basic studies planned as part of a dissertation should be replaced with scoping reviews | 17 (23.9%) | 26 (36.6%) | 21 (29.6%) | 7 (9.9%) |
Narrative or critical/discursive literature reviews preceding basic studies planned as part of a dissertation should be replaced with systematic reviews | 18 (25.4%) | 25 (35.2%) | 23 (32.4%) | 5 (7.0%) |