Background The assessment of multiple systematic reviews (AMSTAR) tool is widely used
for investigating the methodological quality of systematic reviews (SR). Originally, AMSTAR …

Background Evidence syntheses, and in particular systematic reviews (SRs), have become
one of the cornerstones of evidence-based health care. The Assessment of Multiple …

Background Systematic reviews are pivotal components in the development of evidence-
based clinical guidelines. To evaluate the methodological quality of these systematic …

Background Systematic reviews (SRs) with or without meta-analyses (MAs) are widely used
in resolving questions in various healthcare areas (such as, traditional Chinese medicine …

Background Our objective was to develop an instrument to assess the methodological
quality of systematic reviews, building upon previous tools, empirical evidence and expert …

Objectives A measurement tool to assess systematic reviews (SRs) 2 (AMSTAR 2) allows for
deriving the overall confidence in an SR. We investigated how authors derived the overall …

Abstract Background Systematic reviews (SRs) of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) can
provide the best evidence to inform decision-making, but their methodological and reporting …

Abstract Background AMSTAR-2 is a 16-item assessment tool to check the quality of a
systematic review and establish whether the most important elements are reported. ROBIS is …

Background Overviews of reviews (overviews) compile information from multiple systematic
reviews (SRs) to provide a single synthesis of relevant evidence for decision-making. It is …

Background There is a lack of an instrument to evaluate systematic reviews of non-
randomized studies in epidemiological research. The Assessment of Multiple Systematic …