| 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 |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | Qatar |
| Checklists |
• AMSTAR 1 |
| Aim | To assess the methodological quality (AMSTAR) of systematic reviews of medication adherence in diabetes published up to 2016. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| 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. |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 17 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 10099 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
| Interpretation impacted description |