Methodological assessment of systematic reviews of in-vitro dental studies

Ref ID 813
First Author C. Hammel
Journal BMC MEDICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Year Of Publishing 2022
URL https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-022-01575-z
Keywords Dentistry
In vitro
Non-Cochrane reviews
Low methodological quality
Problem(s) Low methodological (AMSTAR) quality
Number of systematic reviews included 185
Summary of Findings From 185 systematic reviews of in-vitro dental studies in PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus databases published up to January 2022, the overall rating for the confidence in the results was critically low in 126 (68%) systematic reviews.
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