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Systematic reviews are useful for gathering, summarizing, and synthesizing published and unpublished research about clearly defined interventions. State\u2010of\u2010the\u2010evidence reviews are broader than traditional systematic reviews and may include not only published and unpublished research, but also published and unpublished non\u2010research literature. Decisions about whether to include this \u201cgrey literature\u201d in a review are challenging and lead to many questions about whether the advantages outweigh the challenges.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Aims:<\/jats:bold>\n                    The primary purpose of this article is to describe what constitutes grey literature, and methods to locate it and assess its quality. The secondary purpose is to discuss the core issues to consider when making decisions to include grey literature in a state\u2010of\u2010the\u2010evidence review.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold>\n                    A recent state\u2010of\u2010the\u2010evidence review is used as an exemplar to present advantages and challenges related to including grey literature in a review.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold>\n                    Despite the challenges, in the exemplar, inclusion of grey literature was useful to validate the results of a research\u2010based literature search.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold>\n                    Decisions about whether to include grey literature in a state\u2010of\u2010the\u2010evidence review are complex. A checklist to assist in decision\u2010making was created as a tool to assist the researcher in determining whether it is advantageous to include grey literature in a review.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:italic>Worldviews on Evidence\u2010Based Nursing 2006; 3(2):55\u201361.<\/jats:italic>\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1741-6787.2006.00051.x","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2006,6,13]],"date-time":"2006-06-13T06:56:54Z","timestamp":1150181814000},"page":"55-61","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":356,"title":["State\u2010of\u2010the\u2010Evidence Reviews: Advantages and Challenges of Including Grey Literature"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"3","author":[{"given":"Karen M.","family":"Benzies","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shahirose","family":"Premji","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"K. 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