Integrative Review

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A scoping review requires minimum of 2 people, not including the librarian, to complete. 3 or more team members is recommended to help resolve disputes during the screening phase, and to help reduce the individual workload of each team member. 

• Whittemore, R., & Knafl, K. (2005). The integrative review: updated methodology. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 52(5), 546-553. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2005.03621.x

• Dhollande, S., Taylor, A., Meyer, S., & Scott, M. (2021). Conducting integrative reviews: A guide for novice nursing researchers. Journal of Research in Nursing, 26(5), 427-438.

• Kutcher, A. M., & LeBaron, V. T. (2022). A simple guide for completing an integrative review using an example article. Journal of Professional Nursing, 40, 13–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2022.02.004

The PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses) guidelines are to ensure that the steps of a review are correctly documented, or reported. These guidelines are required to ensure a review is documented in a thorough and transparent manner which is reproducible. 

PRISMA should not be confused with the methods which a review is conducted

PRISMA Checklist

PRISMA Flow Diagram

PRISMA Statement Paper

PRISMA Explanation & Elaboration Paper

The IRMAT is an appraisal tool, meant to help readers of integrative reviews evaluate the rigor and reporting transparency in a published integrative review.  If you are conducting an integrative review, this guide will ensure that your IR meets the qualifications necessary for a rigorous review and that all necessary elements are documented correctly.

• Integrative Review Methodology Appraisal Tool

  Integrative Review Methodology Appraisal Tool (IRMAT) is designed to appraise whether recommended methodological elements are present in published integrative reviews in the nursing literature.