- Framework of problems / Rigorous
- Conflicts of interest or funding of included studies not assessed
- Efficacy of Physical Activity Promoting Interventions in Physical Therapy and Exercise Therapy for Persons With Noncommunicable Diseases: An Overview of Systematic Reviews
| Ref ID | 1024 |
| First Author | A. Jung |
| Journal | PHYSICAL THERAPY & REHABILITATION JOURNAL |
| Year Of Publishing | 2024 |
| URL | https://academic.oup.com/ptj/article/104/7/pzae053/7639162?login=true |
| Keywords |
• Low methodological quality • Physiotherapy |
| Problem(s) |
• Meta-analyses and forest plots presented without considering risk of bias / quality • Reasons for excluding potentially eligible studies not provided • Conflicts of interest or funding of included studies not assessed • Low methodological (AMSTAR) quality • Failure to define clinically meaningful outcomes |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 14 |
| Summary of Findings | from 14 included systematic reviews indexed across PubMed, Scopus, PsycINFO, and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews from inception to February 28, 2023. The overall methodological quality of the included systematic reviews according to AMSTAR 2 was critically low in 5 reviews (36%). Most reviews did not provide a list of excluded studies (86%; 12/14) or did not assess the potential impact of Risk of Bias in individual studies on the results of the meta-analysis (if meta-analysis was performed) (79%; 11/14); only 1 review reported on the sources of funding for the included studies. |
| Did the article find that the problem(s) led to qualitative changes in interpretation of the results? | N/A |
| Are the methods of the article described in enough detail to replicate the study? |