- Framework of problems / Rigourous
- Conflicts of interest or funding of included studies not assessed
- Mind-body practices for cancer-related symptoms management: an overview of systematic reviews including one hundred twenty-nine meta-analyses
Ref ID | 851 |
First Author | M.J. Casuso-Holgado |
Journal | SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER |
Year Of Publishing | 2022 |
URL | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00520-022-07426-3 |
Keywords |
Protocols Complimentary & Alternative Oncology Pre-specification Disclosure Low reporting quality |
Problem(s) |
Lack of prespecification in eligibility criteria Reasons for excluding potentially eligible studies not provided Conflicts of interest or funding of included studies not assessed No registered or published protocol |
Number of systematic reviews included | 38 |
Summary of Findings | From 38 systematic reviews of mind-body practices indexed across CINAHL, Embase, PsycINFO, PubMed, and the Cochrane Library up to March 2022. Across all studies, the items of AMSTAR 2 were scarcely performed. Mainly, few of the included systematic reviews reported information regarding the review protocol (n = 6/38, 15.8%); the reasons to choose a specific research design (n = 3/38, 7.9%); the provision of a list of excluded studies and justification for their exclusion (n = 4/38, 10.5%); and the sources of funding for the clinical trials included in the review (n = 1/38, 2.6%). |
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 |