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
Number of systematic reviews included	88
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%).
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