A Methodological Quality Assessment of Meta‐Analyses on Sleep Disorder Treatments Using AMSTAR 2 [PDF]
Background: Meta‐analyses (MAs) provide up‐to‐date, quantified evidence on treatment effects, which may be useful for clinical and policy decision‐making. However, the quality of MAs varies, and methodological flaws can limit their reliability.
Leonard Ho +5 more
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Editorial Perspective: Time for Another Grading System—From PRISMA to AMSTAR 2 [PDF]
Jens R. Chapman
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Critical appraisal of systematic reviews of intervention studies in periodontology using AMSTAR 2 and ROBIS tools. [PDF]
Systematic reviews of intervention studies are used to support treatment recommendations. The aim of this study was to assess the methodological quality and risk of bias of systematic reviews of intervention studies in in the field of periodontology using AMSTAR 2 and ROBIS.Systematic reviews of randomized and non-randomized clinical trials, published ...
Pereira AG +8 more
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A Russian version of AMSTAR 2: validation and guidance
Relevance. Determining the quality of a systematic review is known to be of the main criteria to consider when making a clinical decision. And various assessment tools allow you to determine this, both for the readers themselves and for those who write a
D. V. Kvashnina +4 more
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Moving towards accurate and transparent AMSTAR 2 ratings and correcting the record on Cochrane reviews [PDF]
Juan Victor Ariel Franco, Jae Hung Jung
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Use of AMSTAR-2 in the methodological assessment of systematic reviews: protocol for a methodological study. [PDF]
Systematic reviews (SRs) with or without meta-analyses (MAs) are widely used in resolving questions in various healthcare areas (such as, traditional Chinese medicine, public health and surgery), and they are the cornerstone of evidence-based healthcare. However, the reliability of SRs is typically influenced by their methodological quality.
Lu C, Lu T, Ge L, Yang N, Yan P, Yang K.
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Similarities, reliability and gaps in assessing the quality of conduct of systematic reviews using AMSTAR-2 and ROBIS: systematic survey of nutrition reviews [PDF]
Background AMSTAR-2 (‘A Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews, version 2’) and ROBIS (‘Risk of Bias in Systematic Reviews’) are independent instruments used to assess the quality of conduct of systematic reviews/meta-analyses (SR/MAs). The degree
Mateusz J. Swierz +12 more
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A measurement tool to assess systematic reviews 2 (AMSTAR 2) was originally developed for systematic reviews (SRs) of health-care interventions. The aim of this study was to assess the applicability of AMSTAR 2 to SRs of non-intervention studies.This was a meta-research study.
Dawid Storman +2 more
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Personalizing Prophylactic Radiotherapy for Hip Heterotopic Ossification: An AMSTAR-2 Compliant Review of Meta-analyses. [PDF]
Heterotopic ossification (HO) is a common complication following total hip arthroplasty. Various prophylactic treatments have been proposed, including radiotherapy (RT). This review summarizes the evidence from meta-analyses on the efficacy of RT in preventing hip HO.A literature search was conducted on PubMed.
Galietta E +13 more
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Exploring the methodological quality and risk of bias in 200 systematic reviews: A comparative study of ROBIS and AMSTAR-2 tools. [PDF]
Abstract AMSTAR-2 (A Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews, version 2) and ROBIS are tools used to assess the methodological quality and the risk of bias in a systematic review (SR). We applied AMSTAR-2 and ROBIS to a sample of 200 published SRs. We investigated the overlap in their methodological constructs, responses by item,
Lunny C +40 more
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