| Ref ID | 581 |
| First Author | K. Bouchard |
| Journal | JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY |
| Year Of Publishing | 2011 |
| URL | https://www.jclinepi.com/article/S0895-4356(11)00026-6/pdf |
| Keywords |
• General medical |
| Problem(s) |
• Inflexible methods to complex questions • Following guidelines is no guarantee of a rigorous systematic review |
| Article Type | Editorial |
| Article Subtype | Comment/letter |
| First Author Country | Canada |
| Checklists |
• AMSTAR 1 • OQAQ |
| Aim | Research letter highlighting 12 intervention systematic reviews and 10 mixed methods systematic reviews which were assessed using AMSTAR and OQAQ. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | The average AMSTAR score of the 22 included systematic quantitative reviews was significantly higher than that of mixed-methods reviews. As such tools are designed for typical intervention reviews, they may not be valid and appropriate for mixed methods systematic reviews. |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 22 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 22 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
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