Epidemiology, quality and reporting characteristics of systematic reviews of traditional Chinese medicine interventions published in Chinese journals

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	Protocols Complimentary & Alternative Publication bias Risk of bias Pre-specification Disclosure Low reporting quality Searching Low methodological quality Single reviewer
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
Number of systematic reviews included	369
Summary of Findings	Low quality was demonstrated across a number of AMSTAR criteria.
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