Quality and transparency of overviews of systematic reviews

doi:10.1111/j.1756-5391.2012.01185.x

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	Quality and transparency of overviews of systematic reviews
	Li, Lun; Tian, Jinhui; Tian, Hongliang; Sun, Rao; Liu, Yali; Yang, Kehu
刊名	Journal of evidence-based medicine
	2012-08
卷号	5 期号:3 页码:166-173
关键词	Evidence-based Medicine Quality Of Health Care
ISSN号	1756-5391
DOI	10.1111/j.1756-5391.2012.01185.x
英文摘要	2012 Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd and Chinese Cochrane Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University.OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the reporting and methodological quality of overviews of systematic reviews.METHOD: We developed an 18-item assessment tool for overviews of systematic reviews. We then performed a systematic search for such overviews using the terms ('overview' AND ('meta analys' OR 'systematic review')) OR 'umbrella review' in the title. We only included those overviews that were limited to systematic reviews or meta-analyses. Their methodological and reporting quality were assessed by two independent reviewers using the checklist, and differences were resolved by a third reviewer. Data analyses was conducted by SPSS version 15.0 for Windows.RESULTS: We identified 41 overviews of systematic reviews whose mean total reporting score was 10.78 (SD 3.84) and methodological score 3.05 (SD 2.09). Some important items were not adequately reported: only 69% reported defined eligibility criteria, 76% reported search strategy, 49% reported the process of review selection, 44% reported the data collection process, 5% reported evaluating the reporting quality, 46% reported evaluating methodological quality, and 20% reported assessing the evidence level for each outcome.CONCLUSION: The reporting and methodological quality of overviews of systematic reviews was very poor, and there is still much room for improvement. A checklist for overviews of systematic reviews should be developed and used.
学科主题	General & Internal Medicine ; Health Care Sciences & Services
语种	英语
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.lzu.edu.cn/handle/262010/163613]
专题	基础医学院_期刊论文
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Li, Lun,Tian, Jinhui,Tian, Hongliang,et al. Quality and transparency of overviews of systematic reviews[J]. Journal of evidence-based medicine,2012,5(3):166-173.
APA	Li, Lun,Tian, Jinhui,Tian, Hongliang,Sun, Rao,Liu, Yali,&Yang, Kehu.(2012).Quality and transparency of overviews of systematic reviews.Journal of evidence-based medicine,5(3),166-173.
MLA	Li, Lun,et al."Quality and transparency of overviews of systematic reviews".Journal of evidence-based medicine 5.3(2012):166-173.