Quality Assessment of Systematic Reviews on the Efficacy of Oral Appliance Therapy for Adult and Pediatric Sleep-Disordered Breathing

Ref ID 480
First Author T. S. Al-Jewair
Journal JOURNAL OF CLINICAL SLEEP MEDICINE
Year Of Publishing 2016
URL https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4957196/pdf/jcsm.12.8.1175.pdf
Keywords Publication bias
Pre-specification
Disclosure
Pulmonology
Low reporting quality
Problem(s) Poor consideration of publication bias
Lack of prespecification in eligibility criteria
Reasons for excluding potentially eligible studies not provided
Conflicts of interest or funding of included studies not assessed
Number of systematic reviews included 13
Summary of Findings Limitations in the included reviews included failing to reference the excluded studies or describe reasons for exclusion, lack of applying valid criteria to assess the quality of included studies, lack of publication bias assessment, and absence of conflicts of interest reporting.
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