Almaghlouth Ibrahim, Islam Tahera, Alamro Nurah, Alsultan Abdulrahman, Alfadda Assim, Al-Muhsen Saleh, Almasry Abeer, Almadi Majid A, Hersi Ahmad, BaHammam Ahmed
Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail.
Saudi Med J. 2020 Aug;41(8):791-801. doi: 10.15537/smj.2020.8.25163.
To map research production by Saudi-affiliated investigators in order to identify areas of strength and weakness. Method: We followed the Arksey and O'Malley (2005) framework. Medline and Cochrane databases were searched with a focus on identifying articles related to COVID-19 and Saudi Arabia following the PRISMA protocol. The study was conducted at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia between March and May 2020. Results: A total of 53 articles were ultimately included. Most of the research production from Saudi Arabia was opinion and narrative reviews related to the clinicopathological features of COVID-19 as well as control and prevention of virus spread. Conclusion: The results of this scoping review identify a relative deficiency in original research, which requires further investigation.
为梳理沙特籍研究人员的研究成果,以确定优势和薄弱领域。方法:我们遵循了阿克西和奥马利(2005年)的框架。按照PRISMA协议,对Medline和Cochrane数据库进行了检索,重点是识别与COVID-19和沙特阿拉伯相关的文章。该研究于2020年3月至5月在沙特阿拉伯利雅得的沙特国王大学进行。结果:最终共纳入53篇文章。沙特的大部分研究成果是与COVID-19的临床病理特征以及病毒传播的控制和预防相关的观点和叙述性综述。结论:这项范围综述的结果表明原创研究存在相对不足,需要进一步调查。