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
Article Type Editorial
Article Subtype Comment/letter
First Author Country Canada
Aim A letter highlighting concerns with one published systematic review of community opioid overdose prevention.
Level of Investigation Descriptive
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.
Number of systematic reviews included 1
Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed 1
Treatment impacted No
Treatment impacted description
Interpretation impacted Not Applicable
Interpretation impacted description