EFHP 860: Critical Perspectives in Exercise, Fitness, and Health Promotion

Protocols

The protocol is a work plan that outlines the methodology of the scoping review. The JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis states that a protocol should:

• Pre-define the objectives, methods, and reporting of the review and allows for transparency of the process 
• Detail the criteria that the reviewers intend to use to include and exclude sources of evidence
• Identify what data is relevant, and how the data will be extracted and presented

The protocol provides the plan for the scoping review and is important in limiting the occurrence of reporting bias.

Registering Your Protocol

Scoping reviews protocols are not eligible for registration in PROSPERO (international database of prospectively registered systematic reviews with a health-related outcome). However, scoping reviews can be registered in the Open Science Framework (osf.io). 

Protocol Examples

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