| Ref ID | 347 |
| First Author | F. Saric |
| Journal | JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY |
| Year Of Publishing | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.jclinepi.com/article/S0895-4356(18)31135-1/fulltext |
| Keywords |
• General medical • Risk of bias • Cochrane |
| Problem(s) |
• Flawed risk of bias undertaken • Weaknesses identified in some Cochrane reviews |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | Croatia |
| Aim | To assess adequacy of risk of bias judgments for selective reporting in Cochrane systematic reviews published from July 2015 to June 2016. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | At least 60% of judgments for risk of selective reporting bias of trials in analysed Cochrane reviews were not in line with the Cochrane Handbook. Few Cochrane authors mentioned the trial protocol as a source of data for assessing selective reporting. Most of the inadequate judgments were made among trials that were judged with low risk of selective reporting bias; more than 90%. In 9% of analysed risk of bias tables, Cochrane authors did not use this risk of bias domain at all. |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 729 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 729 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
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