Methodological quality (risk of bias) assessment tools for primary and secondary medical studies: what are they and which is better?
LL Ma, YY Wang, ZH Yang, D Huang, H Weng… - … Medical Research, 2020 - Springer
… , and editors evaluate inherent quality for observational research studies of comparative …
This phenomenon indicates more universal education of clinical epidemiology is needed for …
This phenomenon indicates more universal education of clinical epidemiology is needed for …
Risk of bias assessments and evidence syntheses for observational epidemiologic studies of environmental and occupational exposures: strengths and limitations
K Steenland, MK Schubauer-Berigan… - Environmental …, 2020 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
… Use methods such as sensitivity analyses and triangulation to … bias tools with regard to our
areas of concern. We focus on existing risk of bias tools appropriate for observational studies …
areas of concern. We focus on existing risk of bias tools appropriate for observational studies …
Methodological tools and sensitivity analysis for assessing quality or risk of bias used in systematic reviews published in the high-impact anesthesiology journals
MF Marušić, M Fidahić, CM Cepeha, LG Farcaș… - Bmc medical research …, 2020 - Springer
… using modified Cochrane risk of bias tool for observational studies, and one reported use of
“… An analysis of SRs in the field of epidemiology of chronic disease indicated that only 55% of …
“… An analysis of SRs in the field of epidemiology of chronic disease indicated that only 55% of …
Assessing the quality of studies in meta‐research: Review/guidelines on the most important quality assessment tools
… main tools for quality assessment of observational studies, … -regression analysis (or in
sensitivity analyses), and its possible … tool can enhance the quality of the nutritional epidemiology …
sensitivity analyses), and its possible … tool can enhance the quality of the nutritional epidemiology …
Challenges in meta-analyses with observational studies
S Metelli, A Chaimani - BMJ Ment Health, 2020 - mentalhealth.bmj.com
… Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology checklist),8 … of bias tools for observational
studies might not be optimal. … ; performing a sensitivity analysis excluding studies of lower …
studies might not be optimal. … ; performing a sensitivity analysis excluding studies of lower …
Development of a methodological quality criteria list for observational studies: the observational study quality evaluation
M Drukker, I Weltens, CFM van Hooijdonk… - Frontiers in research …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
… applicable quality assessment tool for observational studies was … More details on
epidemiological study designs can be found … Quality scores can be used to perform sensitivity …
epidemiological study designs can be found … Quality scores can be used to perform sensitivity …
Assessing risk of bias in human environmental epidemiology studies using three tools: different conclusions from different tools
… tool to assess ROB in observational studies, several tools have been developed from the
tools … For the sensitivity analysis, we found that only five studies (33%) were removed from the …
tools … For the sensitivity analysis, we found that only five studies (33%) were removed from the …
[HTML][HTML] Quality assessment of prevalence studies: a systematic review
CB Migliavaca, C Stein, V Colpani, Z Munn… - … of Clinical Epidemiology, 2020 - Elsevier
… reviewed tools used to assess risk of bias of prevalence studies. … available tools designed
to assess the risk of bias of prevalence … of privacy and sensitivity of condition a (one tool) …
to assess the risk of bias of prevalence … of privacy and sensitivity of condition a (one tool) …
Evaluating sources of bias in observational studies of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor/angiotensin II receptor blocker use during COVID-19: beyond …
… of appropriate epidemiological or statistical methods, and thus are highly susceptible to bias,
… , which are important tools for assessing the potential violations of exchangeability in an …
… , which are important tools for assessing the potential violations of exchangeability in an …
Comparison of bias adjustment methods in meta-analysis suggests that quality effects modeling may have less limitations than other approaches
… all assessed safeguards may still be biased (as quality tools … for observational studies,
among which larger studies may … subjective process prone to psychological biases known to be …
among which larger studies may … subjective process prone to psychological biases known to be …