Methodology assessment of papers on systematic reviews and meta-analysis of interventions published in Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine
10.3969/j.issn.1671-3982.2013.12.015
- VernacularTitle:发表于《循证医学》的干预类系统评价／Meta分析的方法学质量分析
- Author:
Xintong SHI
;
Long GE
;
Ni AN
;
Weiwen ZHOU
;
Junfeng XU
;
Jichun MA
;
Jinhui TIAN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Intervention;
Systematic reviews and meta-analysis;
AMSTAR;
Evidence-based medicine
- From:Chinese Journal of Medical Library and Information Science
2013;(12):50-54
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
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.
