Registration in the international prospective register of systematic reviews (PROSPERO) of systematic review protocols was associated with increased review quality

Ref ID 595
First Author S. Sideri
Journal JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
Year Of Publishing 2018
URL https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/169522/1/p16_ok.pdf
Keywords Protocols
Dentistry
Problem(s) No registered or published protocol
Number of systematic reviews included 182
Summary of Findings Registration in PROSPERO was associated with improvements in 5 of the 11 AMSTAR items and a net increase in review quality of about 6.6%. Registered reviews were more likely to cite PRISMA, use GRAD and include a flow diagram of included studies.
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