| Ref ID | 393 |
| First Author | S. Hopewell |
| Journal | JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY |
| Year Of Publishing | 2008 |
| URL | https://www.jclinepi.com/article/S0895-4356(07)00367-8/fulltext |
| Keywords |
• General medical • Harms • Cochrane |
| Problem(s) |
• Selective reporting of harms / safety / adverse events / side effects |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | United Kingdom |
| Aim | To assess how information about adverse events is included in a sample of systematic reviews from the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (2003-2004) a sample from the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (2005). |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | 76% of Cochrane reviews mentioned adverse events as an outcome compared with 48% of reviews from the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects. |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 157 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 168 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
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