A quality assessment of systematic reviews on telerehabilitation: what does the evidence tell us?

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 Grey literature
Error
Risk of bias
Telemedicine
Low reporting quality
Low methodological quality
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
Number of systematic reviews included 10
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.
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? Yes