| 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 • Low reporting quality • Searching • Risk of bias |
| 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 |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | Australia |
| Checklists |
• PRISMA 2009 • AMSTAR 1 |
| Aim | To assess the reporting quality (PRISMA) and methodological quality (AMSTAR) of systematic reviews in hand and wrist pathology published from 1997 to November 2016. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| 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(publications) across studies (18%); inclusion of conflict of interest or funding of included studies (1.1%), searching unpublished studies using the ‘grey’ literature (13%) and the use of ‘a priori’ design or reference to a protocol (15%). |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 91 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 592 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
| Interpretation impacted description |