Objectives With the aim to facilitate a more comprehensive review process in public health
including patient safety, we established a tool that we have termed ICROMS (Integrated …

Background Assessment of the quality of included studies is an essential component of any
systematic review. A formal quality assessment is facilitated by using a structured tool. There …

Background In the context of the volume of mixed-and multi-methods studies in health
services research, the present study sought to develop an appraisal tool to determine the …

Assessing the quality of randomized controlled trials is a relatively new and important
development. Three approaches have been developed: component, checklist, and scale …

This chapter contains section titled: Summary Points A Framework for Methodological
Quality Dimensions of Internal Validity Empirical Evidence of Bias Dimensions of External …

OBJECTIVES: To consider methods and related evidence for evaluating bias in non-
randomised intervention studies. DATA SOURCES: Systematic reviews and methodological …

Background Classification of study design can help provide a common language for
researchers. Within a systematic review, definition of specific study designs can help guide …

OBJECTIVE: To find if a particular quality score was better than others at validly scoring the
quality of randomized controlled trials, both by examining the consistency of dividing studies …

Objective There is a lack of evidence on the usage of the quality assessment tool‐the Risk
Of Bias In Nonrandomized Studies‐of Interventions (ROBINS‐I). This article aimed to …

Objective This paper presents a unified framework for assessment of the methodological
quality of analytic study designs. Study Design and Setting A systematic review of 393 …