The association between periodontitis and coronary heart disease: a quality assessment of systematic reviews

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 Grey literature
Dentistry
Heterogeneity
Risk of bias
Disclosure
Low reporting quality
Searching
Low methodological quality
Single reviewer
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
Number of systematic reviews included 13
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
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