Poor execution of narrative synthesis

Articles that support this problem:

Reporting quality of systematic reviews of interventions aimed at improving vaccination coverage: compliance with PRISMA guidelines

2019 : Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics

Frequent inappropriate use of unweighted summary statistics in systematic reviews of pathogen genotypes or genogroups

2020 : Journal of clinical epidemiology

Reasons or excuses for avoiding meta-analysis in forest plots

2008 : Bmj

The methodological quality of systematic reviews of animal studies in dentistry

2012 : The veterinary journal

Lack of transparency in reporting narrative synthesis of quantitative data: a methodological assessment of systematic reviews

2019 : Journal of clinical epidemiology

Clinical heterogeneity was a common problem in Cochrane reviews of physiotherapy and occupational therapy

2006 : Journal of clinical epidemiology

Quality of Cochrane reviews: Quality of Cochrane reviews is better than that of non-Cochrane reviews

2002 : Bmj: british medical journal

Methodological concerns about a systematic review and meta-analysis of maternal active smoking during pregnancy and low birth weight.

2019 : Nicotine and tobacco research

Characteristics and quality of systematic reviews of acupuncture, herbal medicines, and homeopathy

2003 : Complementary medicine research

Characteristics and quality of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of observational nutritional epidemiology: a cross-sectional study

2021 : American journal of clinical nutrition

Reliability of the evidence to guide decision-making in foot ulcer prevention in diabetes: an overview of systematic reviews

2022 : Bmc medical research methodology