The methodological quality of systematic reviews published in high‐impact nursing journals: a review of the literature

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First Author T. Pölkki
Journal JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING
Year Of Publishing 2014
URL https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/jocn.12132?download=true
Keywords Nursing
Low reporting quality
Problem(s) Low reporting or methodological quality (OTHER GUIDANCE)
Number of systematic reviews included 39
Summary of Findings Of the 39 systematic review articles published in the top 10 nursing journals in 2009 and 2010, the method of synthesis was mentioned in only half of the reviews, the most common being narrative synthesis.
Did the article find that the problem(s) led to qualitative changes in interpretation of the results? Not Applicable
Are the methods of the article described in enough detail to replicate the study? No