Risk of bias assessment: (9) Application of the risk of bias assessment results.
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2018.12.021
- Author:
Y ZHANG
1
;
Z R YANG
2
;
F SUN
3
;
S Y ZHAN
3
Author Information
1. Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, L8S 4L8, Canada.
2. Primary Care Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB1 8RN, UK.
3. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Center of Evidence- based Medicine and Clinical Research, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China.
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Epidemiological research;
GRADE;
Quality of evidence;
Risk of bias;
Systematic review;
Tool for assessment
- MeSH:
Bias;
Outcome Assessment, Health Care;
Risk Assessment
- From:
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
2018;39(12):1648-1654
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
In this last paper of the series about risk of bias assessment, we introduce the application of risk of bias assessment results. Risk of bias assessment is one of the key steps in the assessment of quality of evidence. The risk of bias assessment results could be the "diagnosis" of individual studies, which helps decision making related to the inclusion and exclusion of individual studies, as well as the data analysis in the systematic review process. This paper focuses on how to incorporate risk of bias assessment results in the GRADE assessment for quality of evidence, including the principles and the tips for the application.
