| Ref ID | 652 |
| First Author | R. W. Poolman |
| Journal | JBJS |
| Year Of Publishing | 2007 |
| URL | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17606794/ |
| Keywords |
• Surgery • Spin • Overlapping reviews/redundancy |
| Problem(s) |
• Spin or subjective interpretation of findings • Redundant / overlapping / duplicated review question; leads to research waste |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | Canada |
| Checklists |
• QUOROM |
| Aim | To examine why overlapping systematic reviews on the same topic had discordant conclusions |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | New “overlapping” systematic reviews were conducted without citation of previously published reviews on the same topic and the methodological quality of the reviews (QUOROM) was variable |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 11 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 23 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | No |
| Interpretation impacted description |