| Ref ID | 629 |
| First Author | C. M. Faggion Jr |
| Journal | JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PERIODONTOLOGY |
| Year Of Publishing | 2014 |
| URL | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24666018/ |
| Keywords |
• Dentistry |
| Problem(s) |
• No quality assessment undertaken or reported • Limited quality assessment or no risk of bias • Risk of bias not incorporated into conclusions of review • Interpreted without considering certainty or overall quality of the evidence base • Single reviewer / lack of double checking • Inclusion of observational / non-randomised studies |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | Germany |
| Aim | To assess the methodological approaches of systematic reviews in periodontology according to the Cochrane Handbook indexed in two databases up to 2 September 2013. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | Only 15 (9%) of the 159 included systematic reviews incorporated the quality of evidence of primary studies into the report. Only 50% of systematic reviews reported independent and duplicate assessment of methodological quality; 69% of systematic reviews reported methodological approaches in the Materials/Methods section. |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 159 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 443 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
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