Ignores setting or context of included studies which limits review applicability

Articles that support this problem:

Applicability and generalisability of the results of systematic reviews to public health practice and policy: a systematic review

2010 : Trials [electronic resource]

Generalizability of findings from systematic reviews and meta-analyses in the Leading General Medical Journals

2020 : Journal of rehabilitation medicine

Assessing the applicability of findings in systematic reviews of complex interventions can enhance the utility of reviews for decision making

2013 : Journal of clinical epidemiology

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

2010 : Bmj

Systematic reviews do not comment on applicability for primary care

2015 : Journal of clinical epidemiology

Inadequate critical appraisal of studies in systematic reviews of time to diagnosis

2016 : Journal of clinical epidemiology

Systematic review adherence to methodological or reporting quality

2017 : Systematic reviews

Opposing systematic reviews: the effects of two quality rating instruments on evidence regarding t'ai chi and bone mineral density in postmenopausal women

2011 : Journal of alternative & complementary medicine

An analysis of quality of systematic reviews on pharmacist health interventions

2012 : International journal of clinical pharmacy

Reporting, handling and assessing the risk of bias associated with missing participant data in systematic reviews: a methodological survey

2015 : Bmj open

Compared with what? An analysis of control-group types in Cochrane and Campbell reviews of psychosocial treatment efficacy with substance use disorders

2015 : Addiction

Letter to the Editor regarding, "The prognostic role of PD-L1 expression for survival in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: A systematic review and meta-analysis"

2019 : Oral oncology

Critical thinking about three meta-analyses: can vitamin D alone or with calcium prevent fractures?

2020 : Current medical research and opinion

Comments on "the role of percutaneous neurolysis in lumbar disc herniation: Systematic review and meta-analysis"

2022 : Korean journal of pain