Quality assessment for Chinese systematic reviews/Meta-analysis on immuniza-tion
10.3969/j.issn.1000-484X.2014.06.017
- VernacularTitle:国内免疫接种领域系统评价／Meta分析的质量评价
- Author:
Shudan LIU
;
Qin LIU
;
Anran HE
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Immunization;
Systematic-review;
Meta-analysis;
Quality-assessment
- From:
Chinese Journal of Immunology
2014;(6):797-801,813
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
To assess the methodology and report quality of Chinese systematic reviews /Meta-analysis on immunization.Methods: All literatures of systematic reviews/Meta-analysis on immunization were searched in the four Chinese databases:CNKI,WANFANG Database,VIP and CBM from the establishment date to November 2013.Methodology quality and report quality of included reviews were evaluated by R-AMSTAR scale and PRISMA scale.Results:32 literatures were identified.The main problems of methodology quality were insufficient in a comprehensive literature search , lack of the list of excluded studies and the selection process ,lack of the documented assessment of the scientific quality of included studies and the appropriate use of the scientific quality in forming conclusions , inappropriate dealing with heterogeneity of data , insufficient in control of publication bias.The main problems of report quality were incomplete report in abstract , inclusion and exclusion criteria , data collection and analysis methods , result and discussion.Conclusion: The methodology quality and report quality of included literatures have more or less flaws in different levels.Further improvement of methodological quality and reporting is required in order to increase the quality of these studies .
