methodological quality
Industry-supported meta-analyses compared with meta-analyses with non-profit or no support: Differences in methodological quality and conclusions
... We found that meta-analyses with non-profit or no sup- port are of better methodological quality on average than those with industry support. Lack of allocation conceal- ment and blinding, and high ...
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Comparison of methodological quality of positive versus negative comparative studies published in Indian medical journals: a systematic review
... important methodological parameters in published clinical trials remains inadequate and needs signi fi cant ...different methodological para- meters was also inadequate for observational ...of ...
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Meta analysis of hemodynamic optimization: relationship to methodological quality
... the methodological quality of these ...the quality of the individual ...formal quality anal- ysis was presented ...a quality assessment was performed and related to the outcome of the ...
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Abstract analysis method facilitates filtering low-methodological quality and high-bias risk systematic reviews on psoriasis interventions
... the methodological quality and the risk of bias of a study, which are normally evaluated using information contained in the full text of the docu- ment, we explored the possibility of obtaining simplistic ...
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Methodological quality of guidelines for management of Lyme neuroborreliosis
... in methodological quality and ...in quality when choosing recommendations for their treatment decisions regarding Lyme ...on quality of content and validity of recommendations, as these issues ...
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Patient-reported outcomes in randomised controlled trials of gynaecological cancers: Investigating methodological quality and impact on clinical decision-making
... It is increasingly recognized that a comprehensive evaluation of treatment effectiveness should include a patient reported outcome (PRO) assessment to fully capture patients’ percep tions of symptoms, functioning, and ...
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Indirect Comparisons: A Review of Reporting and Methodological Quality
... Consistency between direct and indirect evidence from two-arm trials can be assessed by comparing characteristics of direct and indirect evidence trials and by using a hypothesis test to indicate whether there is a ...
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Are methodological quality and completeness of reporting associated with citation-based measures of publication impact? A secondary analysis of a systematic review of dementia biomarker studies
... Finally, we included studies published up until August 2011. Although the time elapsed from publication was sufficient for acquiring citations, providing a good oppor- tunity for measuring citation-based impact, the ...
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Publication bias in animal research presented at the 2008 Society of Critical Care Medicine Conference
... rigorous search strategy used by two authors indepen- dently. In addition, the field of critical care AR usually involves quite invasive management of animals (e.g., invasive procedures done for animal monitoring, and ...
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Efficacy of cryotherapy for the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis: meta analyses of clinical trials
... low methodological quality of some studies, the variability in the inclusion and exclusion criteria and in the homogen- eity analysis, the low rigor of the safety data and the fact that meta-regression was ...
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Safety and efficacy of hematopoietic and mesanchymal stem cell therapy for treatment of T1DM: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
... First, the author will delete the duplications of searched studies by EndNote software version 7, and screen them by title and abstract. Then, two investigators(SM, AT) will independently evaluate screened article ...
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Efficacy and safety of Suanzaoren decoction for primary insomnia: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials
... in methodological quality, we recommend that the CONSORT 2010 statement [68,69], which consists of a 25-item checklist to deter- mine study quality and rigor, should be used as a guide- line when ...
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Does updating improve the methodological and reporting quality of systematic reviews?
... Table 1 presents the methodological quality assessments obtained using this scale. There was no significant differ- ence in the global assessment (item 10 – How would you rate the scientific quality ...
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Interventions to increase attendance for diabetic retinopathy screening
... economic methodological quality, only five of the 14 included studies reported full economic evaluations (Davis 2010; Eccles 2007; Pizzi 2015; Prezio 2014; Walker ...the methodological quality ...
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Child-report measures of occupational performance: a systematic review
... overall quality of measurement properties using the level of evi- dence criteria by Schellingerhout et ...overall quality ratings of moderate to strong with positive results for four psychometric ...strong ...
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Quality of reporting of clinical non inferiority and equivalence randomised trials update and extension
... ing quality has somewhat improved over time and that the CONSORT statement accounts for a substantial part in this process ...reporting quality of specific trial designs indicated sub- stantial deficits in ...
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Standardized assessment of psychosocial factors and their influence on medically confirmed health outcomes in workers: a systematic review
... the methodological quality of evidence between work-related psychosocial factors on workers´ health through data on validated assessment method(s) for the study population and specific medical evaluation of ...
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The reporting quality of studies investigating the diagnostic accuracy of anti CCP antibody in rheumatoid arthritis and its impact on diagnostic estimates
... Currently, diagnostic studies on anti-CCP assays are publishing with a high rate [13]. However, overestimated and biased results from poorly designed and reported studies may direct scientists into making false decisions ...
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Identifying approaches for assessing methodological and reporting quality of systematic reviews: a descriptive study
... the quality of primary research emerged in the late 1980s with the rise of evidence- based ...sing quality of SR conduct to be ...Overview Quality As- sessment Questionnaire (OQAQ) [7] in 1991, that ...
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Incorporating quality assessments of primary studies in the conclusions of diagnostic accuracy reviews: a cross-sectional study
... the methodological quality of included studies, most often using the original QUADAS tool (n = 44, ...68%). Quality assessment was mentioned in 28 abstracts (43%); with a majority (n = 21) mentioning ...
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