Ramadan intermittent fasting and its association with health-related indices and exercise test performance in athletes and physically active individuals: an overview of systematic reviews

Ref ID	1069
First Author	K. Trabelsi
Journal	BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE
Year Of Publishing	2024
URL	https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/58/3/136.long
Keywords	• Nutrition • General medical • Low methodological quality • Risk of bias • Disclosure • Protocols
Problem(s)	• Lack of prespecification in eligibility criteria • 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 • No registered or published protocol
Number of systematic reviews included	14
Summary of Findings	The methodological quality of the 14 included systematic reviews ranged from ‘low’ to ‘critically low’. None of the reviews provided a list of excluded studies, or disclosed sources of funding for the included studies. Ten reviews did not register their studies’ protocols in PROSPERO or other relevant databases (71.4%). Four reviews overlooked bias risk in primary studies when interpreting/discussing results (28.5%). Nine reviews inadequately explained the choice of study design (64.2%).
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?