| Ref ID | 1057 |
| First Author | P. Sarich |
| Journal | ADDICTION |
| Year Of Publishing | 2024 |
| URL | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/add.16446 |
| Keywords |
• Public health • Risk of bias |
| Problem(s) |
• High risk of bias (ROBIS) • Limited quality assessment or no risk of bias • Insufficient literature searches • Single reviewer / lack of double checking • Poor consideration of publication bias |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | Australia |
| Checklists |
• ROBIS |
| Aim | To evaluate risk of bias of published systematic reviews and meta-analyses indexed across PubMed/Medline/Embase/PsycINFO/Cochrane Library up to March 2022, on the relationship between alcohol consumption and all-cause mortality among |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | From five systematic reviews and meta-analyses indexed across PubMed/Medline/Embase/PsycINFO/Cochrane Library up to March 2022, on the relationship between alcohol consumption and all-cause mortality among. All five included reviews reported significantly increased risk with higher levels of alcohol consumption, but four of the five included reviews had a high risk of bias using ROBIS. One review searched only a single electronic database, one review did not specify literature search terms, three reviews did not specify that at least two reviewers performed study selection and/or data collection and/or risk of bias assessment for all articles, three reviews did not perform a risk of bias or methodological quality assessment, and one review did not address publication bias. Moreover, although sub-group analyses were reported by sex and age there were evidence gaps for many important factors. Finally, Over 70% of systematic reviews and meta-analyses published to March 2022 of all-cause mortality risk associated with alcohol consumption did not exclude former drinkers from the reference group and may therefore be biased. |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 5 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 1272 |
| Treatment impacted | Not Applicable |
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| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
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