[PDF] Top 20 Does updating improve the methodological and reporting quality of systematic reviews?

... the methodological quality assessments obtained using this ...scientific quality of the overview?) (Mean score original review ...significant improve- ment (item 9 – Were the conclusions made ... See full document

... 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 ... See full document

... inadequate reporting of CHM inter- ventions, more than half (57%, 62/109) SRs did not con- duct subgroup analysis based on different features of CHM interventions ...statistical, methodological, and ... See full document

... to methodological quality items was also ...all methodological items in the ...assess quality of SRs, the per- centage of SRs meeting AMSTAR criteria was ...in systematic reviews ... See full document

... of quality assessment to avoid objective ...comparing methodological quality and reporting quality separately is of more practical ...the quality of systematic ... See full document

... 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 ... See full document

... and/or reporting of their Cochrane and non- Cochrane ...higher methodological rigour than non-Cochrane SRs [8–10], and the results of the current study extend this finding to SRs included in a sample of ... See full document

... help improve the standards of syntheses, older systematic reviews and maps may not meet best practice levels of methodological rigour, and so amendments pro- vide an opportunity to address any ... See full document

... to improve the methodological quality of SRs, a joint action by SR authors, peer reviewers, and editors is ...and reporting their SR, the authors should follow a relevant checklist to ensure ... See full document

... the methodological challenges related to these tasks [55, 56] and at current, the multiple rela- tionships and pathways between exposure, outcome, and context variables in research on QI strategies are not yet ... See full document

... of reviews [4], we identified systematic reviews of random- ized controlled trials with meta-analysis comparing drugs used in specific therapy types with ...preferred reviews on all age ... See full document

... relevant reviews may not have been ...included reviews would be considered out of date (more than ...Some reviews were excluded, due to language restrictions we ...Earlier reviews did not tend ... See full document

... to systematic review and the extent of the effect considered with meta-analytic proce- ...previous reviews in this area, their implications for future research and policy, the lim- itations and strengths of ... See full document

... study quality 32% (n=24) Lack of high quality evidence 13% (n=10) Relevant/available studies 19% (n=14) Lack of intervention details 19% (n=14) Heterogeneity of measurement outcomes 5% (n=4) No mention of ... See full document

... reported systematic reviews can be misleading and potentially dangerous in clinical ...[12]. Systematic re- views play a role in enabling the accurate appraisal of the literature because they allow ... See full document

... enable methodological research ...the quality of systematic ...empirical methodological research will be reflected in fur- ther improvements to the ... See full document

... The most frequently reported interventions were Kangaroo Care (KC) (n = 8) followed by Mother Infant Transaction Programme (MITP) (n = 7) and Infant Health and Development Program (IHDP) (n = 5). Fourteen interventions ... See full document

... ALS does however differ from comparable research in other reviewed fields in one aspect: the implementation of predefined endpoints in studies of advanced disease ...research quality and animal welfare and ... See full document

... Three of the four descriptive studies assessing the extent of early warning system use in EDs were judged to be of fair quality [19–21] and one of poor quality [22]. The five descriptive studies assessing ... See full document

... an improve- ment of quality of published CNRG reviews, we compared the mean and standard deviation of the overall scientific quality scores (question 10 in OQAQ) of each pre- and post-QUOROM ... See full document