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	• Endocrinology • Risk of bias • Disclosure • Grey literature • Low methodological quality • Protocols
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?	N/A
Are the methods of the article described in enough detail to replicate the study?	Yes