| Ref ID | 386 |
| First Author | M. J. Page |
| Journal | JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY |
| Year Of Publishing | 2013 |
| URL | https://www.jclinepi.com/article/S0895-4356(12)00346-0/fulltext |
| Keywords |
• Multiplicity • Cochrane • General medical |
| Problem(s) |
• Multiplicity of outcomes and lack of pre-specification for outcome reporting • Unplanned or unjustified subgroup or sensitivity analyses |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | Australia |
| Aim | To assess the ways in which selective inclusion and reporting can occur in randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews by examining methodological reports describing empirically investigated or hypothetical examples of selective inclusion or reporting. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | Eight categories (from 27 examples) of selective inclusion in systematic reviews, and eight categories (from 33 examples) of selective reporting in systematic reviews were collated. These describe scenarios in which multiple outcomes or multiple data for the same outcome are available, yet only a subset is included or reported; outcome data are reported with inadequate detail; or outcome data are given different prominence through its placement across or within reports. |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 64 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 2859 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
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