- Framework of problems / Rigourous
- Conflicts of interest or funding of included studies not assessed
- Methodological quality and reporting of systematic reviews in hand and wrist pathology
Ref ID | 49 |
First Author | J. Wasiak |
Journal | JOURNAL OF HAND SURGERY (EUROPEAN VOLUME) |
Year Of Publishing | 2017 |
URL | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1753193417712660 |
Keywords |
Surgery Transparency Grey literature Publication bias Risk of bias Low reporting quality Searching |
Problem(s) |
Conflicts of interest or funding of included studies not assessed Low methodological (AMSTAR) quality Poor consideration of publication bias Insufficient literature searches No registered or published protocol Grey literature excluded No quality assessment undertaken or reported |
Number of systematic reviews included | 91 |
Summary of Findings | For the 91 included systematic reviews in hand and wrist pathology published from 1997 to November 2016 the median PRISMA score was 15 out of 27 and median AMSTAR score was 4 out of 11. Areas of deficiency included presence of a review protocol (14%), assessment of risk of bias (methods) across studies (17%) and assessment of risk of bias (publications) across studies (18%); inclusion of conflict of interest or funding of included studies (1.1%), searching unpublished studies using the ‘grey’ literature (13%) and the use of ‘a priori’ design or reference to a protocol (15%). |
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 |