Methodological quality and risk-of-bias assessments in systematic reviews of treatments for peri-implantitis

Ref ID 634
First Author A. Hasuike
Journal JOURNAL OF PERIODONTAL RESEARCH
Year Of Publishing 2019
URL https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/jre.12638?download=true
Keywords • Dentistry
• Low methodological quality
• Language
• Expertise
• Statistical
• Observational studies
• Risk of bias
Problem(s) • Language restriction
• Inclusion of observational / non-randomised studies
• Lack of statistical expertise in handling of quantitative data
• Flawed risk of bias undertaken
• Low methodological (AMSTAR) quality
• High risk of bias (ROBIS)
Article Type Empirical
Article Subtype Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review
First Author Country Japan
Checklists • AMSTAR 2
• ROBIS
Aim To assess the quality of the available evidence of systematic reviews on peri-implantitis treatment published after 2010
Level of Investigation Descriptive
Summary of Findings All of the included SRs, except one Cochrane review, had low methodological quality as assessed by AMSTAR 2 and high risk of bias as assessed by ROBIS.
Number of systematic reviews included 23
Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed 278
Treatment impacted No
Treatment impacted description
Interpretation impacted Not Applicable
Interpretation impacted description