| Ref ID | 27 |
| First Author | K. Corbyons |
| Journal | THE JOURNAL OF UROLOGY |
| Year Of Publishing | 2015 |
| URL | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26025501/ |
| Keywords |
• Urology • Grey literature • Publication bias • Low reporting quality • Searching • Risk of bias • Disclosure |
| Problem(s) |
• Single reviewer / lack of double checking • Poor consideration of publication bias • No quality assessment undertaken or reported • Conflicts of interest or funding of included studies not assessed • Low methodological (AMSTAR) quality • Funding or sponsor of systematic review not reported • Conflict of interest statement or disclosures for review authors missing • Grey literature excluded • Insufficient literature searches • Risk of bias not incorporated into conclusions of review |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | United States |
| Checklists |
• AMSTAR 1 |
| Aim | To assess the methodological quality (AMSTAR) of urological systematic reviews published from 2009 to 2012. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | The mean AMSTAR score for the 113 included urological systematic reviews published 2009 to 2012 was 5.3 (standard deviation 2.3) points. Limitations included: Assessment of scientific quality of included studies was used in formulating conclusions (77.9%); conflict of interest reporting (2.7%), reporting of included and excluded studies (23.0%), and assessment for publication bias (24.8%). |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 113 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 587 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
| Interpretation impacted description |