| Ref ID | 584 |
| First Author | L. Tran |
| Journal | JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY |
| Year Of Publishing | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0895435619305761 |
| Keywords |
• Statistical • Epidemiology • Error |
| Problem(s) |
• Errors in effect estimate calculations or data synthesis • Poor execution of narrative synthesis |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | Vietnam |
| Checklists |
• PRISMA 2009 • AMSTAR 1 • ROBIS |
| Aim | To assess the reporting and methodological quality of epidemiological systematic reviews, depending on whether they contained meta-analyses, unweighted summary statistics or contained no quantitative summary measures |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | Nearly half of the investigated systematic review articles used simple descriptive analysis of study-level measures, rather than weighted meta-analysis methods. These articles had significantly lower reporting quality score (AMSTAR and PRISMA) compared with those using meta-analysis. |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 36 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 2634 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
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| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
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