- Framework of problems / Rigourous
- Intervention not described / defined
- Overview authors rarely defined systematic reviews that are included in their overviews
| Ref ID | 367 |
| First Author | C. M. Faggion Jr |
| Journal | JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY |
| Year Of Publishing | 2019 |
| URL | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30684566/ |
| Keywords |
General medical Low reporting quality Overviews/Umbrella Reviews |
| Problem(s) |
Lack of guidance or consistency in systematic overview / umbrella / review of systematic reviews Individual study characteristics not reported sufficiently Intervention not described / defined |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 105 |
| Summary of Findings | Only 8% of overviews explicitly reported a systematic review definition, whereas 24% of overviews reported heterogeneous information about the criteria that were used to include systematic reviews in the overviews. 68% of overviews did not report any definition/criteria for including a systematic review. 2% of overviews reported a definition based on reproducibility, and none of the overviews reported the need to search for grey and unpublished literature for a review to be considered systematic. |
| 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 |