| Ref ID | 1068 |
| First Author | F.S. Tonin |
| Journal | ADDICTION SCIENCE & CLINICAL PRACTICE |
| Year Of Publishing | 2024 |
| URL | https://ascpjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13722-024-00439-9 |
| Keywords |
• Low methodological quality • Public health |
| Problem(s) |
• Inadequate analysis of heterogeneity • Reasons for excluding potentially eligible studies not provided • Conflicts of interest or funding of included studies not assessed • Risk of bias not incorporated into conclusions of review • Low methodological (AMSTAR) quality |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | Portugal |
| Checklists |
• AMSTAR 2 |
| Aim | To assess the methodological quality (AMSTAR-2) of systematic reviews of the effectiveness of harm minimization interventions on reducing blood-borne infection transmission and injecting behaviours among people who inject drugs (PWID). |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | The methodological quality assessment of the 33 included systematic reviews using AMSTAR 2 showed that most studies (n = 17; 51.5%) presented low quality. Shortcomings included: 1) not providing the list of excluded studies (20/35, 57.1%); did not employ a technique for assessing the risk of bias in primary studies (13/25, 37.1%); did not report the sources of funding (16/35, 45.7%); account for risk of bias in individual studies when interpreting or discussing the results (item 13); offer explanation for, or discussion of, observed heterogeneity in the results (20/35, 57.1%). |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 33 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 275 |
| Treatment impacted | Not Applicable |
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| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
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