Cochrane risk of bias tool was used inadequately in the majority of non-Cochrane systematic reviews

Ref ID 369
First Author L. Puljak
Journal JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
Year Of Publishing 2020
URL https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0895435619307206
Keywords Risk of bias
General medical
Problem(s) Flawed risk of bias undertaken
Number of systematic reviews included 508
Summary of Findings Of eligible reviews, 85% reported that they analysed risk of bias and 53% used the Cochrane risk of bias tool. Of these (n=269) only 5.9% reported both a judgment and a supporting comment in the Cochrane risk of bias table in the manuscript or in a supplementary file. 41% of analysed available judgments were inadequate, either because the judgement was not in line with the comment or the comment was missing.
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