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PRISMA 2020 Flow Diagram

The standard flow diagram for a systematic review: records identified, screened, assessed for eligibility and included. Replace each n with your own counts.

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What this diagram shows

  • Follows the PRISMA 2020 stages: identification, screening, included
  • Counts and reasons for exclusion in every box
  • Export as a high-resolution PNG, SVG or LaTeX/TikZ for the paper

Prompt used

PRISMA 2020 flow diagram for a systematic review. Identification: records from databases (n = ) and registers (n = ); duplicates removed (n = ). Screening: records screened (n = ), records excluded (n = ). Reports sought for retrieval (n = ), not retrieved (n = ). Reports assessed for eligibility (n = ), excluded with reasons (n = ). Included: studies included in review (n = ) and reports of included studies (n = ).

Mermaid code
flowchart TD
  subgraph ID ["Identification"]
    A1["Records identified from databases<br/>n = "]
    A2["Records identified from registers<br/>n = "]
    A3["Duplicate records removed<br/>n = "]
  end
  subgraph SC ["Screening"]
    B1["Records screened<br/>n = "]
    B2["Records excluded<br/>n = "]
    B3["Reports sought for retrieval<br/>n = "]
    B4["Reports not retrieved<br/>n = "]
    B5["Reports assessed for eligibility<br/>n = "]
    B6["Reports excluded, with reasons<br/>Reason 1: n = <br/>Reason 2: n = "]
  end
  subgraph IN ["Included"]
    C1["Studies included in review<br/>n = "]
    C2["Reports of included studies<br/>n = "]
  end
  A1 --> A3
  A2 --> A3
  A3 --> B1
  B1 --> B2
  B1 --> B3
  B3 --> B4
  B3 --> B5
  B5 --> B6
  B5 --> C1
  C1 --> C2

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