| Ref ID | 289 |
| First Author | S. Elangovan |
| Journal | JOURNAL OF PERIODONTOLOGY |
| Year Of Publishing | 2013 |
| URL | https://aap.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1902/jop.2012.120021?download=true |
| Keywords |
• Dentistry • Risk of bias • Low reporting quality • Publication bias • Error • Grey literature • Disclosure • Single reviewer |
| Problem(s) |
• Grey literature excluded • Reasons for excluding potentially eligible studies not provided • Single reviewer / lack of double checking • Poor consideration of publication bias • Low methodological (AMSTAR) quality • Conflicts of interest or funding of included studies not assessed • Conflict of interest statement or disclosures for review authors missing • No quality assessment undertaken or reported • Errors in effect estimate calculations or data synthesis • Individual study characteristics not reported sufficiently |
| 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 systematic reviews published in the field of periodontal regeneration up to January 2012. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | Only one of the selected systematic reviews satisfied all the AMSTAR criteria, whereas two reviews satisfied just two of the 11 items. Problematic criteria included: duplicate screening/ data extraction (64%); consideration of grey literature (50%); table of included and excluded studies (64%); characteristics of included studies described (71%); quality assessment of included studies (71%); appropriate methods for data synthesis (57%); likelihood of publication bias assessment (29%); conflicts of interest stated (57%). |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 14 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 1052 |