| Ref ID | 919 |
| First Author | X. Zhou |
| Journal | EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL |
| Year Of Publishing | 2022 |
| URL | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00586-022-07173-3 |
| Keywords |
• Risk of bias • Searching • Heterogeneity • Surgery • Protocols • Complementary & Alternative |
| Problem(s) |
• Inadequate analysis of heterogeneity • Insufficient literature searches • Flawed risk of bias undertaken • No registered or published protocol • Methods not described to enable replication |
| Article Type | Editorial |
| Article Subtype | Comment/letter |
| First Author Country | China |
| Aim | A letter to the editor raising concerns in the conduct of a systematic review and meta-anlaysis on “The influence of cognitive behavioral therapy on lumbar spine surgery outcomes”. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | From a letter to the editor raising concerns in the conduct of a systematic review and meta-analysis on the influence of cognitive behavioural therapy on lumbar spine surgery outcomes published in 2021. Areas of concern were: 1) not searching a sufficient number of databases and a lack of statement about language limitations 2) there was no published protocol 3) there may have some mistakes in assessing the risk of bias in the included studies using the Cochrane Risk of Bias tool and 4) the methods used to account for the source of heterogeneity may not have been appropriate. |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 1 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 1 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
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