- Framework of problems / Transparent
- Funding or sponsor of systematic review not reported
- Remote monitoring for long-term physical health conditions: an evidence and gap map
Ref ID | 1006 |
First Author | S. de Bell |
Journal | HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE DELIVERY RESEARCH |
Year Of Publishing | 2023 |
URL | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK597759/ |
Keywords |
Telemedicine General medical Low methodological quality |
Problem(s) |
Lack of supplementary searches beyond databases Reasons for excluding potentially eligible studies not provided Funding or sponsor of systematic review not reported Risk of bias not incorporated into conclusions of review Low methodological (AMSTAR) quality No registered or published protocol |
Number of systematic reviews included | 72 |
Summary of Findings | The majority of the 72 reviews in the map were of low quality (n = 33; 45.8%) of which 12 were of critically low quality (16.6%). In 56% of included reviews, the reason for low quality was the lack of a protocol. It was often unclear whether the risk of bias in other quantitative study designs or qualitative studies had been assessed adequately (70%). Many reviews had adequate searches but their search strategies were not rated as fully comprehensive (68%), as they did not search as extensively as possible, for example in the grey literature or the reference lists of included studies. Few reviews described the funding sources of studies (82%) or gave full details of excluded studies (71%). |
Did the article find that the problem(s) led to qualitative changes in interpretation of the results? | Not Applicable |
Are the methods of the article described in enough detail to replicate the study? |