| Ref ID | 626 |
| First Author | Y. Song |
| Journal | PAIN MANAGEMENT NURSING |
| Year Of Publishing | 2015 |
| URL | https://www.painmanagementnursing.org/article/S1524-9042(15)00083-1/fulltext |
| Keywords |
• Pain • Low methodological quality • Low reporting quality • Expertise • Statistical • Single reviewer • Disclosure • Risk of bias • Publication bias • Grey literature |
| Problem(s) |
• Conflict of interest statement or disclosures for review authors missing • Low methodological (AMSTAR) quality • Grey literature excluded • Reasons for excluding potentially eligible studies not provided • Single reviewer / lack of double checking • Poor consideration of publication bias • Lack of statistical expertise in handling of quantitative data • No quality assessment undertaken or reported • Conflicts of interest or funding of included studies not assessed • Funding or sponsor of systematic review not reported |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | Korea |
| Checklists |
• AMSTAR 1 |
| Aim | to determine how the quality of methodologies in systematic reviews (SRs) and meta-analyses (MAs) impacts the effectiveness of nonpharmacological cancer pain management using AMSTAR |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | Only one article was deemed high quality; five were considered to be of low quality; zero studies stated whether they have a conflict of interest in their covered studies |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 17 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 331 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
| Interpretation impacted description |