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 Statistical
Risk of bias
General medical
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? Not Applicable
Are the methods of the article described in enough detail to replicate the study? Yes