Quality Assessment of Systematic Reviews of Health Care Interventions using AMSTAR.
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2011-05
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Appraisal of the methodological quality of systematic reviews would reflect on their
utility for the clinicians and policymakers. This study was done to assess the quality
of systematic reviews published in five leading Indian medical journals using
AMSTAR. 22 systematic reviews of healthcare interventions were identified. The
scores ranged 0 to 10 (mean 3.77 and median 2.5), 9 reviews scored > 4/11. Most
frequent ‘yes’ and ‘no’ scores were: publication status as an inclusion criterion (12 /
22), respectively and duplicate study selection and data extraction (17 /22).
Several suboptimal aspects of methodological quality were identified in the reviews
evaluated.
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AMSTAR, India, Medical journals, Systematic reviews
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Jagannath Vanitha, Mathew Joseph L, Asokan G V, Fedorowicz Zbys. Quality Assessment of Systematic Reviews of Health Care Interventions using AMSTAR. Indian Pediatrics. 2011 May; 48(5): 383-385.