| Ref ID | 82 |
| First Author | P. Sequeira-Byron |
| Journal | JOURNAL OF APPLIED ORAL SCIENCE |
| Year Of Publishing | 2011 |
| URL | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3984188/pdf/jaos-19-05-0440.pdf |
| Keywords |
• Dentistry • Single reviewer • Protocols • Transparency • Publication bias • Heterogeneity • Low reporting quality • Low methodological quality • Pre-specification |
| Problem(s) |
• No registered or published protocol • Search strategy not provided • Lack of prespecification in eligibility criteria • Reasons for excluding potentially eligible studies not provided • Single reviewer / lack of double checking • Inadequate analysis of heterogeneity • Poor consideration of publication bias • Conflicts of interest or funding of included studies not assessed • Low methodological (AMSTAR) quality |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | Switzerland |
| Checklists |
• AMSTAR 1 |
| Aim | To assess the methodological quality (AMSTAR) of systematic reviews of oral healthcare published in the Journal of Applied Oral Science between 2003 and 2009. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | Of the four included systematic reviews of oral healthcare published in the Journal of Applied Oral Science between 2003 and 2009, three were rated as low AMSTAR quality. Few of the reviews adequately satisfied criteria. |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 4 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 604 |