Risk of bias assessment: (8) Risk of Bias in Systematic Review (ROBIS) / 中华流行病学杂志

ABSTRACT

This paper introduces the Risk of Bias in Systematic Review (ROBIS),including1) the development of ROBIS,2) three phases of ROBIS tool judging the overall risk of bias that related to systematic reviews,and 3) illustration on the application of ROBIS in a published systematic review.ROBIS is the first rigorously developed tool which is specifically designed to assess the risk of bias in systematic reviews.ROBIS will help improve the process of risk assessmcnt on bias which appeared in overviews and guidelines.