| 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 |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | Tunisia |
| Checklists |
• AMSTAR 2 |
| Aim | To appraise methodological quality of published systematic reviews indexed across PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, SPORTDiscus, ProQuest, PsycINFO and SciELO, examining associations between Ramadan fasting observance (RO), health-related indices and exercise test performances. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| 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%). |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 14 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 60 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
| Interpretation impacted description |