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.
You can manage your full-text exclusion reasons through Review Setup, Settings or during full-text review.
Review Setup
Navigate to your review
On the Review Summary page, locate the Review Setup section
Click Full-text exclusion reasons
4. Add, delete, or reorder exclusion reasons as needed. Changes are saved automatically.
Settings
Go to Settings
Select the Eligibility Criteria tab
Click Full-text exclusion reasons button in top right corner
During full-text review
When excluding a study, you’ll be prompted to select a reason for exclusion.
To edit the list of exclusion reasons:
Click Exclude on the study you want to exclude
In the dropdown menu, select Edit this list
Add, delete, or re-order exclusion reasons as needed. Changes are saved automatically.
Click Done to close the dialog and return to full-text review.
