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