| Ref ID | 570 |
| First Author | B. Ma |
| Journal | PLOS ONE |
| Year Of Publishing | 2011 |
| URL | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3102106/ |
| Keywords |
• Low reporting quality • Publication bias • Protocols • Searching • Low methodological quality • Single reviewer • Disclosure • Risk of bias • Pre-specification • Complementary & Alternative |
| Problem(s) |
• Poor consideration of publication bias • No quality assessment undertaken or reported • Low reporting (PRISMA) quality • Low methodological (AMSTAR) quality • Funding or sponsor of systematic review not reported • Conflict of interest statement or disclosures for review authors missing • Single reviewer / lack of double checking • Reasons for excluding potentially eligible studies not provided • Grey literature excluded • No registered or published protocol • Insufficient literature searches • Lack of prespecification in eligibility criteria |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | China |
| Checklists |
• PRISMA 2009 • AMSTAR 1 |
| Aim | To assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews of acupuncture published in Chinese journals between 1978 to 2010 using AMSTAR. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | Low quality was demonstrated across a number of AMSTAR criteria. |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 369 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 380 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
| Interpretation impacted description |