| Ref ID | 488 |
| First Author | J. T. Kelly |
| Journal | JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION |
| Year Of Publishing | 2013 |
| URL | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000281771460386X |
| Keywords |
• Dentistry • Disclosure • Single reviewer • Low methodological quality • Searching • Low reporting quality • Heterogeneity • Grey literature • Risk of bias |
| Problem(s) |
• Low methodological (AMSTAR) quality • Conflict of interest statement or disclosures for review authors missing • No quality assessment undertaken or reported • Poor consideration of publication bias • Inadequate analysis of heterogeneity • Reasons for excluding potentially eligible studies not provided • Insufficient literature searches • Grey literature excluded • Single reviewer / lack of double checking |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | United States |
| Checklists |
• AMSTAR 1 |
| Aim | To assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews focused on the association between periodontitis and coronary heart disease published up to 2012 using AMSTAR. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | Systematic reviews of the periodontitis-coronary heart disease association exhibit significant structural and methodological variation according to AMSTAR including: Single reviewer / lack of double checking; Conflict of interest statement or disclosures for review authors missing; No quality assessment undertaken; Poor consideration of publication bias; Inadequate analysis of heterogeneity; Reasons for excluding potentially eligible studies not provided; Insufficient literature searches; Grey literature excluded |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 13 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 396 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
| Interpretation impacted description |