Risk of bias assessment of sequence generation: a study of 100 systematic reviews of trials

Ref ID 561
First Author F. Wuytack
Journal SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS
Year Of Publishing 2019
URL https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6323681/pdf/13643_2018_Article_924.pdf
Keywords Cochrane
Inference
Risk of bias
General medical
Problem(s) Flawed risk of bias undertaken
Limited quality assessment or no risk of bias
Number of systematic reviews included 100
Summary of Findings Just under half of non-Cochrane reviews did not conduct a risk of bias assessment. Only one in ten non-Cochrane reviews reported the reasons for ascribing trials with high risk of bias for sequence generation
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