| Ref ID | 554 |
| First Author | Y. Yu |
| Journal | JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY |
| Year Of Publishing | 2020 |
| URL | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32301508/ |
| Keywords |
• Risk of bias • Disclosure • Single reviewer • Low methodological quality • Publication bias • Expertise • COVID |
| Problem(s) |
• Low methodological (AMSTAR) quality • Single reviewer / lack of double checking • Poor consideration of publication bias • Lack of statistical expertise in handling of quantitative data • No quality assessment undertaken or reported • Funding or sponsor of systematic review not reported |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Meta-epidemiological analysis |
| First Author Country | China |
| Aim | To assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews on COVID‐19, severe acute respiratory syndrome, and Middle East respiratory syndrome |
| Level of Investigation | Analytical |
| Summary of Findings | Of the included reviews, 6, 12, and 31 systematic reviews were of moderate, low, and critically low quality, respectively. Subgroup analyses showed that the SR topic (P < .001), the involvement of a methodologist (P < .001), and funding support (P = .046) were significantly associated with the methodological quality of the systematic review |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 49 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 280 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
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