Overly stringent inclusion criteria affecting external validity

Articles that support this problem:

External Validity The Next Step for Systematic Reviews?

2017 : Evaluation review

The challenge of external validity in policy‐relevant systematic reviews: a case study from the field of substance misuse

2010 : Addiction

Systematic reviews need to consider applicability to disadvantaged populations: inter-rater agreement for a health equity plausibility algorithm

2012 : Bmc medical research methodology

The need to consider the wider agenda in systematic reviews and meta-analyses: breadth, timing, and depth of the evidence

2010 : Bmj

Limitations of Conclusions of Systematic Review and MetA-Analysis Because of Exclusion of Groups Most at Risk

2017 : Journal of the american geriatrics society

The Cochrane HPV vaccine review was incomplete and ignored important evidence of bias

2018 : Bmj evidence-based medicine

Validity of a Cochrane Systematic Review and meta-analysis for determining the safety of vitamin E

2017 : Bmc complementary & alternative medicine

Why are Cochrane hepato-biliary reviews undervalued by physicians as an aid for clinical decision-making?

2010 : Digestive and liver disease

Heterogeneity in search strategies among Cochrane acupuncture reviews: is there room for improvement?

2010 : Acupuncture in medicine

Striking Errors in the Methodology, Execution, and Conclusions of the Cochrane Library Review of Spinal Cord Stimulation for Low Back Pain by Traeger et al

2023 : Pain medicine

Restrictions and their reporting in systematic reviews of effectiveness: an observational study

2022 : Bmc medical research methodology