Excluded Studies from a Dental Caries Meta-Analysis in Nigeria, 2001-2023

A list of studies excluded from a systematic review and meta-analysis on the prevalence of dental caries in Nigeria, covering research published between January 2001 and December 2023. The dataset was created by Folahanmi Tomiwa Akinsolu and contains the reasons for exclusion for studies identified during the review process. It is a 129.6 KB XLSX file hosted on figshare.

Use Cases

• Assessing study selection bias based on documented exclusion reasons.
• Replicating or auditing the systematic review methodology described in the associated meta-analysis.
• Identifying gaps in the literature by analyzing the types of studies excluded from the final analysis.

Strengths

• Dataset is associated with a registered systematic review (PROSPERO CRD42022362019) that followed PRISMA guidelines.
• The parent meta-analysis identified 1,010 records and included 52 studies, providing context for the exclusions.
• Clear temporal coverage from 2001 to 2023 for the literature search.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset's utility is dependent on the context of the specific parent meta-analysis.

Provenance

Source

Folahanmi Tomiwa Akinsolu via figshare.

Collection Method

Likely compiled as part of a systematic literature search across PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, CINAHL, Embase, and Google Scholar.

Time Range

2001-2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-01 17:40:02; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Nigeria