| Ref ID | 280 |
| First Author | D. P. Nascimento |
| Journal | EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL |
| Year Of Publishing | 2020 |
| URL | https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00586-019-06206-8.pdf |
| Keywords |
• Pain • Physiotherapy • Publication bias • Expertise • Statistical • Protocols • Heterogeneity • Low reporting quality • Searching • Risk of bias |
| Problem(s) |
• Insufficient literature searches • Reasons for excluding potentially eligible studies not provided • Single reviewer / lack of double checking • Individual study characteristics not reported sufficiently • Inadequate analysis of heterogeneity • Poor consideration of publication bias • Lack of statistical expertise in handling of quantitative data • Limited quality assessment or no risk of bias • No registered or published protocol • Flawed risk of bias undertaken • Low methodological (AMSTAR) quality • Following guidelines is no guarantee of a rigorous systematic review |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | Brazil |
| Checklists |
• AMSTAR 2 |
| Aim | To assess the association of impact factor of the journals publishing low back pain systematic reviews published between 2015 and 2017 with PRISMA endorsement and additionally the reviews methodological quality (AMSTAR 2). |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | The methodological quality of 75.8% systematic reviews was critically low. Journals with higher impact factor were associated with journals endorsing the PRISMA recommendations but were not associated with the reviews’ methodological quality using AMSTAR 2. |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 66 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 7526 |