- Framework of problems / Rigorous
- Limited quality assessment or no risk of bias
- Quality assessment practice in systematic reviews of mediation studies: results from an overview of systematic reviews
| Ref ID | 820 |
| First Author | T.T. Vo |
| Journal | JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY |
| Year Of Publishing | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0895435621004169?casa_token=WQzh4b8n_L0AAAAA:ddJ8nV-nfdH6D56amzMt9YTw1DdBr_hYqZ1ZZke71DcSywq9tYYeXXuXj1siFdvyuN3wEKfoS3c#sec0002 |
| Keywords |
• Risk of bias • General medical • Statistical |
| Problem(s) |
• No quality assessment undertaken or reported • Limited quality assessment or no risk of bias |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 103 |
| Summary of Findings | From 103 systematic reviews of mediation studies indexed in across four databases from 2007 to 2020, 24 (23%) reviews did not assess the risk of bias of eligible studies, and 48 (47%) assessed risk of bias using a tool that was not specifically designed to evaluate mediation analysis. |
| Did the article find that the problem(s) led to qualitative changes in interpretation of the results? | N/A |
| Are the methods of the article described in enough detail to replicate the study? | Yes |