The effectiveness of mandibular advancement devices in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea in adults: a methodological quality assessment of systematic reviews

Ref ID 299
First Author S. Incerti Parenti
Journal EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORTHODONTICS
Year Of Publishing 2020
URL https://academic.oup.com/ejo/article-abstract/42/5/483/5554856?redirectedFrom=fulltext
Keywords Protocols
Dentistry
Risk of bias
Disclosure
Low reporting quality
Low methodological quality
Single reviewer
Problem(s) No registered or published protocol
Reasons for excluding potentially eligible studies not provided
Single reviewer / lack of double checking
Risk of bias not incorporated into conclusions of review
Low methodological (AMSTAR) quality
Funding or sponsor of systematic review not reported
Conflict of interest statement or disclosures for review authors missing
Number of systematic reviews included 10
Summary of Findings All included systematic reviews had more than one critical flaw in AMSTAR2, so their methodological quality was rated as critically low. The most common issues included non-registration of study protocol, absence of list of excluded studies, no acknowledgment of funding of included studies, no impact of risk of bias on systematic reviews results or interpretation and discussion of results, and data extraction not in duplicate.
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? Yes