Testing a tool for the classification of study designs in systematic reviews of interventions and exposures showed moderate reliability and low accuracy

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 861-871

  Hartling, Lisa ^a   Bond, Kenneth ^a   Santaguida, P Lina ^b   Viswanathan, Meera ^c   Dryden, Donna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Nonrandomized studies; Observational studies; Reliability; Research design; Systematic review; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; DECISION MAKING; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

CONSENSUS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 79959748447     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.01.010     Document Type: Article

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