Most systematic reviews reporting adherence to AMSTAR 2 had critically low methodological quality: a cross-sectional meta-research study

Ref ID 934
First Author R. Bojcic
Journal JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
Year Of Publishing 2024
URL https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0895435623002949#sec2
Keywords • Low methodological quality
• Non-Cochrane reviews
• General medical
Problem(s) • Following guidelines is no guarantee of a rigorous systematic review
• Low methodological (AMSTAR) quality
Article Type Empirical
Article Subtype Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review
First Author Country Croatia
Checklists • AMSTAR 2
Aim To assess the methodological quality (AMSTAR-2) of systematic reviews indexed across MEDLINE and Embase which claimed adherence to AMSTAR-2.
Level of Investigation Descriptive
Summary of Findings From 43 included systematic reviews indexed across MEDLINE and Embase from January 1, 2018, until May 3, 2022 and which claimed adherence to AMSTAR-2. Five of the 43 systematic reviews were of critically low confidence, 7 systematic reviews were of low confidence, and one systematic review was of high confidence.
Number of systematic reviews included 43
Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed 542
Treatment impacted No
Treatment impacted description
Interpretation impacted Not Applicable
Interpretation impacted description