- Framework of problems / Comprehensive
- Ignores setting or context of included studies which limits review applicability
- An analysis of quality of systematic reviews on pharmacist health interventions
| Ref ID | 271 |
| First Author | A. C. Melchiors |
| Journal | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACY |
| Year Of Publishing | 2012 |
| URL | https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11096-011-9592-0.pdf |
| Keywords |
Reproducibility Pharmacological Risk of bias Low reporting quality Searching Single reviewer |
| Problem(s) |
No quality assessment undertaken or reported Low methodological (AMSTAR) quality Individual study characteristics not reported sufficiently Single reviewer / lack of double checking Insufficient literature searches Methods not described to enable replication Reasons for excluding potentially eligible studies not provided Ignores setting or context of included studies which limits review applicability |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 31 |
| Summary of Findings | Fifteen of the 31 included systematic reviews did not report the care setting of interventions of the primary studies, while 6 of the reviews did not define the target population in the methods. For methodological quality, 7 reached a high score (AMSTAR 9–11), 18 had moderate quality (AMSTAR 5–8) and 6 had poor quality (AMSTAR 0–4). It was observed that the high quality articles were published between 2007 and 2009. |
| 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 |