| Ref ID | 740 |
| First Author | J.A.Hayden |
| Journal | JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY |
| Year Of Publishing | 2009 |
| URL | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19136234/ |
| Keywords |
• Pain • Prognostic • Rheumatology • Risk of bias • Searching |
| Problem(s) |
• Flawed risk of bias undertaken • No quality assessment undertaken or reported • Insufficient literature searches |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | Canada |
| Aim | To assess the conduct of systematic reviews of low back pain prognosis, and explore the potential impact to conclusion for reviews published across several databases between 2000 and 2006. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | A quarter of the included 17 prognostic systematic reviews of low back pain did not clearly define search strategies. Seventy percent of reviews assessed quality of included studies, but assessed only a median of four of six potential biases. The authors conclude that there is an immediate need for methodological work in the area of prognosis systematic reviews and highlight the methodological shortcomings of the primary review literature. |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 17 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 357 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
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