Study Set Content:
MOOSE
(Meta-analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology) (Stroup 2000)
PRISMA
(Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and MetaAnalyses) (Moher 2009)
QUOROM
(Quality Of Reporting Of Meta-analyses) (Moher 1999)
STARD
(Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy) (Bossuyt 2003)
STROBE
(Strengthening the Reporting of OBservational Studies in Epidemiology) (von Elm 2008)
TREND
(Transparent Reporting of Evaluations with Nonrandomized Designs) (Des Jarlais 2004)
One of the tools developed to assess the quality of systematic reviews which was derived using nominal group technique and factor analysis of previous instruments.
Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR)
1. Was an () design provided? 2. Was there duplicate ()and data ()?3. Was a comprehensive () search performed?4. Was the status of publication ([e.g.,] grey literature) used as an () criterion?
‘a priori’
study selection & extraction
literature
inclusion
5. Was a list of () (included and excluded) provided?
6. Were the() of the included studies provided?
7. Was the () quality of the included studies assessed and documented?
8. Was the scientific quality of the included studies used () in formulating conclusions?
studies
characteristics
scientific
appropriately
9. Were the () used to combine the findings of studies appropriate?
10. Was the likelihood of publication () assessed?
11. Was the conflict of()stated?
methods, bias, interest
Describe methods used for assessing risk of bias of individual studies, and how this information is to be used in any data synthesis
Risk of bias in individual studies
Risk of bias in individual studies #
12
State the principal summary measures
Summary measures
Summary measures #
13
Describe the methods of handling data and combining results of studies, if donem including measures of consistency for each meta-analysis
Synthesis of results
Specify any assessment of risk of bias that may affect the cumulative evidence
Risk of bias across studies
Synthesis of results #
14
Risk of bias across studies #
15
Describe methods of additional analyses if done, indicating which were pre-specified
Additional analyses
Additional analyses
#
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