Methodology assessment of papers on systematic reviews and meta-analysis of interventions published in Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine / 中华医学图书情报杂志
Chinese Journal of Medical Library and Information Science
;
(12): 50-54, 2013.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-440060
ABSTRACT
Objective To assess the methodology of papers on systematic reviews and meta-analysis of interventions published in Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine .Methods Basic data were extracted from 70 papers on systematic reviews and meta-analysis of interventions published in Journal of Evidence-Based Medicinefrom 2001 to 2011 .Methodology used in these papers was assessed according to the AMSTAR Scale.The data were input into the Excelland analyzed using the SPSS7.0 and Meta-Analyst software.Results The methodology used in 34 papers (48.6%) was assessed using the Cochrane bias risk assessment tools.Fund support, number of authors and their affiliated institutions did not sig-nificantly affect the total score of methodology used in the 70 papers .Conclusion The methodology used in papers on systematic reviews and meta-analysis of interventions published in Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine is not quite valid as its early design program and retrieval strategies are imperfect , and it does not provide the excluded literature list and the interest conflict.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Type of study:
Systematic reviews
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Medical Library and Information Science
Year:
2013
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Article
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