| Ref ID | 353 |
| First Author | K. Hopayian |
| Journal | BMJ |
| Year Of Publishing | 2001 |
| URL | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1121240/pdf/681.pdf |
| Keywords |
• Pain • Risk of bias |
| Problem(s) |
• Perpetuates citation of poor quality primary study data • Limited quality assessment or no risk of bias |
| Article Type | Editorial |
| Article Subtype | Discussion piece |
| First Author Country | United Kingdom |
| Aim | To assess the validity of a small selection of systematic reviews with discordant findings on the same topic, epidural steroid injection therapy for sciatica, published between 1995 and 2001. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | Two systematic reviews (plus one meta-analysis, excluded here) were assessed to be compromised to due to inclusion of studies with atypical populations; using checklists to score study quality; and using inadequate outcome measures. |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 2 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 3 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
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