Assessment of the quality of reporting in abstracts of systematic reviews with meta-analyses in periodontology and implant dentistry

Ref ID 633
First Author C. M. Faggion
Journal JOURNAL OF PERIODONTAL RESEARCH
Year Of Publishing 2014
URL https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jre.12092
Keywords • Cochrane
• Dentistry
• Abstract / summary
• Low methodological quality
• Low reporting quality
• Error
• Non-Cochrane reviews
Problem(s) • Low reporting or methodological quality (OTHER GUIDANCE)
• Errors in systematic review abstracts or plain language summaries
Article Type Empirical
Article Subtype Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review
First Author Country New Zealand
Aim To assess the quality of reporting in abstracts (both Cochrane and non-Cochrane) of systematic reviews with meta-analyses in periodontology and implant dentistry
Level of Investigation Descriptive
Summary of Findings Five of seven assessed criteria were met in less than 50% of the abstracts from 146 reviews.
Number of systematic reviews included 146
Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed 433
Treatment impacted No
Treatment impacted description
Interpretation impacted Not Applicable
Interpretation impacted description