What are full text exclusion reasons?
Full-text exclusion reasons allow you and your team to record exactly why a study was excluded during full-text review. Having a consistent list helps ensure all reviewers apply the same eligibility criteria when making exclusion decisions.
During full-text review, you’ll be asked to select a reason whenever you exclude a study. You can customize this list to match your review’s eligibility criteria, and reorder exclusion reasons at any time by dragging and dropping them into your preferred order.
We recommend ordering exclusion reasons by importance. This helps reviewers select the most appropriate reason quickly, leading to more consistent exclusions and fewer conflicts across reviewers.
There are two ways to customize the list of full text exclusion reasons:
Settings
Go to Settings
Select the Eligibility Criteria tab
Click Full-text exclusion reasons button in top right corner
Add, delete, or reorder reasons in the list
Click Done to save your changes
During full-text review
When excluding a study, you’ll be prompted to select a reason for exclusion.
To add or update reasons:
Click Exclude on the study you want to exclude
In the dropdown menu, select Edit this list
Add, delete, or reorder reasons as needed
Click Done to save your changes and return to full text review
