Systematic reviews in orthodontics: Impact of the PRISMA for Abstracts checklist on completeness of reporting

Ref ID 720
First Author J. Vasquez-Cardenas
Journal AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ORTHODONTICS & DENTOFACIAL ORTHOPEDICS
Year Of Publishing 2019
URL https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajodo.2019.05.009
Keywords • Abstract / summary
• Dentistry
• Error
Problem(s) • Errors in systematic review abstracts or plain language summaries
Article Type Empirical
Article Subtype Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review
First Author Country Colombia
Checklists • PRISMA-A
Aim To assess reporting (PRISMA-A) quality of systematic review abstracts in orthodontics. Also to perform meta-regression between PRISMA-A quality and characteristics including the number of authors, country of affiliation of the first author, performance of meta-analysis, and topic of the article.
Level of Investigation Analytical
Summary of Findings Overall score was 53.39%. Lowest PRISMA-A adherence was for protocol registration details; funding and conflicts of interest; strengths and limitations; synthesis of results and risk of bias. abstracts with.5 authors published in Cochrane reviews after 2014 had significantly higher completeness of reporting scores.
Number of systematic reviews included 389
Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed 1034
Treatment impacted No
Treatment impacted description
Interpretation impacted Not Applicable
Interpretation impacted description