Survey of the reporting characteristics of systematic reviews in rehabilitation

Ref ID 91
First Author S. Gianola
Journal PHYSICAL THERAPY
Year Of Publishing 2013
URL https://academic.oup.com/ptj/article/93/11/1456/2735287?login=true
Keywords • Physiotherapy
• Transparency
• Low reporting quality
• Heterogeneity
• Publication bias
• Grey literature
Problem(s) • Grey literature excluded
• Funding or sponsor of systematic review not reported
• No registered or published protocol
• Search strategy not provided
• Poor consideration of publication bias
• Inadequate analysis of heterogeneity
• Low reporting (PRISMA) quality
Article Type Empirical
Article Subtype Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review
First Author Country Italy
Checklists • PRISMA 2009
Aim To assess the reporting quality (PRISMA) of systematic reviews of rehabilitation published in MEDLINE in 2011.
Level of Investigation Descriptive
Summary of Findings Reporting quality of the included 88 systematic reviews according to PRISMA guidelines was low. The greatest areas for concern were: protocol mentioned (11%), search strategy reported (43%); grey literature included (2%); publication bias discussed (25%); heterogeneity investigated (32%); funding sources reported (52%).
Number of systematic reviews included 88
Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed 814
Treatment impacted No
Treatment impacted description
Interpretation impacted Not Applicable
Interpretation impacted description