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PRISMA 2020 flow templates

PRISMA — telehealth mental-health review

Lit-review flow for telehealth-delivered CBT.

Template previewPRISMA 2020 flow
Telehealth CBT for anxiety — PRISMA960 records identified · 3 exclusion reasonsIdentificationScreeningEligibilityIncludedRecords identified from:n = 960Databases: 920 · Registers: 40Records removed before screening —duplicates removedn = 180Records screened (title / abstract)n = 780Records excluded by reviewern = 540Reports sought for retrievaln = 240Reports not retrievedn = 18Reports assessed for eligibilityn = 222Reports excluded:n = 138Non-CBT intervention: n = 64Pediatric only: n = 41Pre-post (no control): n = 33Studies included in reviewn = 84Every record is accounted for: all 4 stages of the flow balance.OKAll 9 stated counts are whole numbers of records.OKIdentification balances: 920 + 40 − 180 = 780 `title_screened` (`excluded_auto` is not stated and read as zero).OKScreening balances: 780 − 540 = 240 `abstracts_sought`.OKRetrieval balances: 240 − 18 = 222 `fulltext_assessed` (`other_sought` and `other_unavailable` are not stated and read as zero).OKEligibility balances: 222 − 138 = 84 `studies_included`.OKThe funnel descends: all 3 stage-to-stage comparisons hold — no count is larger than the one before it.OKAll 3 exclusion reasons are named and distinct, accounting for 138 reports.

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title "Telehealth CBT for anxiety — PRISMA"
db_records 920
register_records 40
duplicates 180
title_screened 780
title_excluded 540
abstracts_sought 240
abstracts_unavailable 18
fulltext_assessed 222
exclude_reason "Non-CBT intervention" 64
exclude_reason "Pediatric only" 41
exclude_reason "Pre-post (no control)" 33
studies_included 84