Improving prediction model systematic review methodology: Letter to the Editor

Ref ID 806
First Author G.S. Bullock
Journal TRANSLATIONAL SPORTS MEDICINE
Year Of Publishing 2021
URL https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/tsm2.240
Keywords • Risk of bias
• Physiotherapy
• Statistical
• Musculoskeletal
• Non-Cochrane reviews
Problem(s) • Failure to address missing outcome data in analyses
• Limited quality assessment or no risk of bias
Article Type Editorial
Article Subtype Comment/letter
First Author Country United Kingdom
Aim A letter to the editor highlighting concerns over the conduct of one systematic review and meta-analysis of prediction models for musculoskeletal injury published in 2020.
Level of Investigation Descriptive
Summary of Findings The letter to the editor highlighting concerns over the conduct of one systematic review and meta-analysis of prediction models for musculoskeletal injury published in 2020. These include, the reported inappropriate use of the Newcastle Ottawa Scale for quality assessment of the included prediction model studies; the absence of the extraction or reporting on missing data and relevant missing data mechanisms; and other queries regarding the statistical synthesis.
Number of systematic reviews included 1
Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed 1
Treatment impacted No
Treatment impacted description
Interpretation impacted Not Applicable
Interpretation impacted description