Identifying approaches for assessing methodological and reporting quality of systematic reviews: A descriptive study

Systematic Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Pussegoda, Kusala ^a   Turner, Lucy ^a   Garritty, Chantelle ^a,b   Mayhew, Alain ^a   Skidmore, Becky ^a   Stevens, Adrienne ^a,b   Boutron, Isabelle ^c   Sarkis Onofre, Rafael ^d   Bjerre, Lise M ^e,f,g   Hróbjartsson, Asbjørn ^h   Altman, Douglas G ⁱ   Moher, David ^a  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Guideline adherence; Methodological quality; Reporting quality; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; ORTHODONTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; SCREENING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; LITERATURE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RESEARCH; STANDARDS;

GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH REPORT; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 85021066389     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20464053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13643-017-0507-6     Document Type: Article

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