| Ref ID | 710 |
| First Author | M. Rogante |
| Journal | ANNALI DELL'ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITA |
| Year Of Publishing | 2015 |
| URL | https://dx.doi.org/10.4415/ANN_15_01_04 |
| Keywords |
• Telemedicine • Low reporting quality • Error • Grey literature • Low methodological quality • Risk of bias |
| Problem(s) |
• Grey literature excluded • Reasons for excluding potentially eligible studies not provided • Limited quality assessment or no risk of bias • Low methodological (AMSTAR) quality • Errors in effect estimate calculations or data synthesis |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | Italy |
| Checklists |
• AMSTAR 1 |
| Aim | To assess the methodological quality of a sample of systematic reviews on telerehabilitation using AMSTAR. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | From the ten included systematic reviews on telerehabilitation, methodological quality using AMSTAR was commonly deficient including: analysis of grey literature; list of excluded studies; identification of possible risk of bias; appropriate method of synthesis. |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 10 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 477 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
| Interpretation impacted description |