Quality, methods, and recommendations of systematic reviews on measures of evidence-based practice: an umbrella review

Ref ID 823
First Author J. Roberge-Dao
Journal JBI EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS
Year Of Publishing 2022
URL https://journals.lww.com/jbisrir/Abstract/2022/04000/Quality,_methods,_and_recommendations_of.6.aspx?context=FeaturedArticles&collectionId=2
Keywords • Low reporting quality
• General medical
• Low methodological quality
• Non-Cochrane reviews
• Protocols
Problem(s) • No quality assessment undertaken or reported
• Low reporting or methodological quality (OTHER GUIDANCE)
• No registered or published protocol
Article Type Empirical
Article Subtype Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review
First Author Country Canada
Checklists • JBI
Aim To assess the reporting and methodological quality (JBI) of systematic reviews on evidence-based practice measures across health care professions indexed in MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and ERIC up to January 18, 2021.
Level of Investigation Descriptive
Summary of Findings From 10 included systematic reviews on evidence-based practice measures across health care professions indexed in MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and ERIC up to January 18, 2021, the overall quality of the systematic reviews was low. None of the reviews assessed the quality of primary studies or adhered to methodological guidelines, and only one registered a protocol.
Number of systematic reviews included 10
Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed 10
Treatment impacted No
Treatment impacted description
Interpretation impacted Not Applicable
Interpretation impacted description