Barbara Nussbaumer-Streit

The PICOS framework was used to identify a priori study features [27]. 2.2.1 Population. The population of interest for the current review was non-clinical, general populations of children, adolescents, or adults. The age range definitions can vary slightly from study to study (supplementary materials) however typically children were 12 or under, adolescents 13–18 and adults >18 years.

Funding acknowledgement: DD works part-time for Cochrane Ireland and Evidence Synthesis Ireland, which are funded within the University of Galway (Ireland) by the Health Research Board (HRB) and the Health and Social Care, Research and Development (HSC R&D) Division of the Public Health Agency in Northern Ireland (Grant number ESI-2021-001) Declaration of Interest: DD is a co-convenor of the Cochrane Rapid Review Methods Group.

RoB assessment Current guidance for SR conduct requires RoB assessments to be done by two people independently,13 using published assessment tools, such as the Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool 2.0 for randomised controlled trials.45 Showing support for judgements and incorporating these judgements into the synthesis are also required.13 This approach is encouraged in the RR processes if the timeline and number of included studies permit; if not, the following accelerated approaches for RoB...