Synthesizing and Appraising the Quality of the Evidence on Factors Associated with Medication Adherence in Diabetes: A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews

Ref ID 302
First Author M. Jaam
Journal VALUE IN HEALTH REGIONAL ISSUES
Year Of Publishing 2017
URL https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29073997/
Keywords Protocols
Grey literature
Risk of bias
Endocrinology
Disclosure
Low methodological quality
Problem(s) No registered or published protocol
Grey literature excluded
No quality assessment undertaken or reported
Conflicts of interest or funding of included studies not assessed
Low methodological (AMSTAR) quality
Non-financial conflicts of interest of review authors
Conflict of interest statement or disclosures for review authors missing
Number of systematic reviews included 17
Summary of Findings All included reviews were rated as moderate to low quality. Common methodological pitfalls included: no included reviews reported conflicts of interest related to included primary studies; only one review (6%) had a priori protocol; only 18% reported searching grey literature; 65% of included reviews did not report assessing the methodological quality of included primary studies.
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