| Ref ID | 726 |
| First Author | X. Zhang |
| Journal | SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS |
| Year Of Publishing | 2019 |
| URL | https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13643-019-1218-y |
| Keywords |
• Cochrane • Currency • Low reporting quality • Subgroup • Complementary & Alternative |
| Problem(s) |
• Not updated regularly • Intervention not described / defined • Unplanned or unjustified subgroup or sensitivity analyses |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | Hong Kong |
| Checklists |
• PRISMA 2009 |
| Aim | To assess the reporting (PRISMA) quality and other characteristics of systematic reviews of Chinese herbal medicines published in the Cochrane database up to end of December 2017. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | 55% were published 5 years previously and had not been updated. 45.9% included a heterogeneous range of herbs and formulas. PRISMA quality was poor for for items 11 (defining all data items for extraction) and 23 (describing additional analyses). |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 109 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 1188 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
| Interpretation impacted description |