| Ref ID | 608 |
| First Author | K. Vucic |
| Journal | JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY |
| Year Of Publishing | 2015 |
| URL | https://www.jclinepi.com/article/S0895-4356(14)00473-9/fulltext |
| Keywords |
• Cochrane • Protocols • General medical • Pre-specification |
| Problem(s) |
• Lack of prespecification in eligibility criteria |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | Croatia |
| Aim | To assess a selection of Cochrane systematic review protocols for whether authors state their intentions regarding data extraction from figures of included trials in their systematic reviews, where quantitative data are not explicitly stated in the text. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | Only 33 (5.6%) of the 589 included Cochrane systematic review protocols mentioned or anticipated data extraction from figures in Methods section. |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 589 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 723 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
| Interpretation impacted description |