I have been told that scoping reviews (ScRs) are ‘lesser’ or ‘inferior’ to systematic reviews (SRs). Here is a thread on why that is a complete lie! /1 #JBImethodology#EBHC@JBIEBHC#ScRsAreAwesome
I remember in my PhD being told that my ScR wouldn’t even get published, because it is a ‘poor form’ of a SR.
We need to change this perception! Because it leads to the belief that ScRs should not be conducted in a rigorous and transparent manner- which it should be! /2
Dec 8, 2020 • 16 tweets • 5 min read
Our paper on the prevalence of stillbirth stigma has now been released! This is in response to the @WHO & @TheLancet stillbirth series putting a call out for us to understand stillbirth stigma. I am going to break down the results in this thread 1/ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33246144/
There were 889 bereaved mothers in our survey (we tried to collect for fathers but were unsuccessful). They came from mostly high-income western countries (Aus/USA/Canada/NZ/UK). ^91% identified as European Caucasian. ^50% bachelors or above. 2/