Arafat SMY, Hussain F, Kar SK, Menon V, Yuen KF. How far has panic buying been studied? World J Meta-Anal 2020; 8(6): 447-461 [DOI: 10.13105/wjma.v8.i6.447]
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S M Yasir Arafat, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Enam Medical College and Hospital, Savar, Dhaka 1340, Bangladesh. arafatdmc62@gmail.com
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Behavioral Sciences
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Systematic Reviews
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World J Meta-Anal. Dec 28, 2020; 8(6): 447-461 Published online Dec 28, 2020. doi: 10.13105/wjma.v8.i6.447
How far has panic buying been studied?
S M Yasir Arafat, Fahad Hussain, Sujita Kumar Kar, Vikas Menon, Kum Fai Yuen
S M Yasir Arafat, Department of Psychiatry, Enam Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka 1340, Bangladesh
Fahad Hussain, Department of Pharmacy, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali 3814, Bangladesh
Sujita Kumar Kar, Department of Psychiatry, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow 226003, India
Vikas Menon, Department of Psychiatry, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry 605006, India
Kum Fai Yuen, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
Author contributions: Arafat SMY designed the research; Arafat SMY performed the search; Arafat SMY and Hossain F analyzed the data; All authors wrote the paper, and read and approved the final manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors declare that they have no competing interests.
PRISMA 2009 Checklist statement: The authors have read the PRISMA 2009 Checklist, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the PRISMA 2009 Checklist.
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Corresponding author: S M Yasir Arafat, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Enam Medical College and Hospital, Savar, Dhaka 1340, Bangladesh. arafatdmc62@gmail.com
Received: November 23, 2020 Peer-review started: November 23, 2020 First decision: December 8, 2020 Revised: December 8, 2020 Accepted: December 23, 2020 Article in press: December 23, 2020 Published online: December 28, 2020 Processing time: 35 Days and 1.8 Hours
ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS
Research background
Panic buying is an under-addressed research entity.
Research motivation
Sporadic evidence is coming out in recent days.
Research objectives
We aimed to see the perspectives of panic buying that have been studied through November 15, 2020.
Research methods
We did a systematic search in PubMed, PubMed Central, Scopus, and Google Scholar and reviewed 42 articles.
Research results
The study identified the distribution of study, aspects of panic buying, academic domain related to panic buying, distribution of authors, the specialty of the authors and journals, funding, and collaborations of the identified articles.
Research conclusions
Although the study identified some important perspectives, further studies are warranted in a systematic manner.
Research perspectives
The review provides a good insight into the different stakeholders to plan further studies and prevent panic buying.
