Quality Assessment Errors and Study Misclassification Threaten Systematic Review Validity: Community Opioid Overdose Prevention and Naloxone Distribution Programs Review

Ref ID 703
First Author A.M. Orkin
Journal JOURNAL OF ADDICTION MEDICINE
Year Of Publishing 2015
URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ADM.0000000000000161
Keywords Pain
Risk of bias
Low reporting quality
Problem(s) Flawed risk of bias undertaken
Individual study characteristics not reported sufficiently
Number of systematic reviews included 1
Summary of Findings The author highlight that the studies included were misclassified the majority as cohort studies when they were in fact longitudinal or case series studies.
Did the article find that the problem(s) led to qualitative changes in interpretation of the results? Not Applicable
Are the methods of the article described in enough detail to replicate the study?