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amstar2Vis: An R package for presenting the critical appraisal of systematic reviews based on AMSTAR 2 tool

, 2023
The amstar2Vis package intends to facilitate the production of publication-ready tables and figures for the AMSTAR 2 tool.
Haidich, Anna Bettina, Bouras, Emmanouil, Bougioukas, Konstantinos I., Pamporis, Konstantinos, Karakasis, Paschalis   +4 more
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Identification and Assessment of Systematic Reviews for Evidence-Based Guideline Recommendations on Follow-Up of Preterm Born Children: A Mapping Review. [PDF]

Acta Paediatr
ABSTRACT Aim This mapping review presents a systematic approach identifying aggregated evidence and assessing methodological quality. Methods MEDLINE (via Ovid), Epistemonikos and the Cochrane database were searched for systematic reviews, with or without meta‐analyses, published from 2010 to May 6, 2025, addressing any interventions, prognosis, risks,
Kaiser G, Kayser M, Babel M, Wohlleben J, Weibel S, Spiegler J.   +5 more
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Assessing methodological quality of systematic reviews with meta-analysis about clinical pharmacy services: A sensitivity analysis of AMSTAR-2 [PDF]

Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy
Systematic reviews are critical for evidence-based healthcare decisions, but their validity depends on the quality of conduct and reporting. AMSTAR-2, a widely used tool for assessing the quality of systematic reviews, identifies seven critical domains influencing review validity, although its developers recommend flexibility in prioritizing these ...
Inajara Rotta, Joyce A. Diniz, Fernando Fernandez-Llimos   +2 more
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Methodological quality of systematic intervention reviews on vaccination [PDF]

Systematic Reviews
Background Systematic reviews (SRs) are pivotal in vaccination recommendation development. However, the reliability of their findings relies on methodological rigor.
Antonia Pilic, Louise Henaff, Christoph A. Steffen, Madeleine Batke, Hanna Helene Linß, Iksha Thebe, Nina Rehr, Catalina Hamon Pinilla, Amrita John, Ole Wichmann, Vanessa Piechotta, Thomas Harder   +11 more
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Use of AMSTAR-2 in the methodological assessment of systematic reviews: protocol for a methodological study. [PDF]

Ann Transl Med, 2020
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.
europepmc   +3 more sources

Application of AMSTAR 2 in overviews of systematic reviews of interventions for mental and behavioural disorders: A cross-sectional study

, 2020
The main aim of this project is to provide a detailed description of the application of AMSTAR 2, including the methods for deriving or computing of the overall confidence rating in overviews of systematic reviews of interventions for mental and behavioural disorders.
Lorenz, Robert C, Matthias, Katja, De Santis, Karina Karolina   +2 more
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Shenfu injection for heart failure based on the AMSTAR-2, PRISMA, and GRADE tools [PDF]

Annals of Palliative Medicine, 2021
Evidence of the efficacy of Shenfu injection (SFI) in the treatment of heart failure (HF) is inconsistent. This study aimed to strictly evaluate the methodological quality, reporting quality, and evidence quality of systematic reviews (SRs) and meta-analyses (MAs) on the efficacy of SFI.From inception to December 2020, using standardized search ...
Liuying, Li, Shao, Yin, Taijun, Jiang, Zimeng, Li, Gang, Zheng, Shumin, Chen, Fengya, Zhu   +6 more
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The application of AMSTAR 2 in overviews of systematic reviews shows a need for improvement

European Journal of Public Health, 2021
Abstract Background Overviews of systematic reviews (SR) summarise and appraise the quality of research relevant for evidence-based decision-making. ‘A Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews' (AMSTAR 2) is a valid and moderately reliable appraisal instrument with 16 items that can be used to ...
K Matthias, R Lorenz, KK De Santis
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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]

Res Synth Methods
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, Jain N, Nazari T, Kosaner-Kließ M, Santos L, Goodman I, Osman AAM, Berrone S, Dadam MN, Brenna CTA, Hussein H, Dahdal G, Cespedes A D, Ferri N, Kanji S, Chi Y, Pieper D, Shea B, Parker A, Neupane D, Khan PA, Rangira D, Kolaski K, Ridley B, Berour A, Sun K, Hamidi Rad R, Ouyang Z, Reid EK, Pérez-Neri I, Barakat SO, Bargeri S, Gianola S, Castellini G, Whitelaw S, Stevens A, Kolekar SB, Wong K, Major P, Bagheri E, Tricco AC.   +40 more
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Methodological quality of network meta-analysis in dentistry: a meta-research [PDF]

Brazilian Oral Research, 2023
This meta-research aimed to provide an overview of the methodological quality and risk of bias of network meta-analyses (NMA) in dentistry. Searches for NMA of randomized clinical trials with clinical outcomes in dentistry were performed in databases up ...
Anelise Fernandes MONTAGNER, Patricia Daniela Melchiors ANGST, Daniela Prócida RAGGIO, Françoise Helène VAN DE SANDE, Tamara Kerber TEDESCO   +4 more
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