A psychometric study found AMSTAR 2 to be a valid and moderately reliable appraisal tool

RC Lorenz, K Matthias, D Pieper, U Wegewitz… - Journal of clinical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objectives The objectives of this study were to determine the interrater reliability (IRR) of
assessment of multiple systematic reviews (AMSTAR) 2 for reviews of pharmacological or …

Making progress with the automation of systematic reviews: principles of the International Collaboration for the Automation of Systematic Reviews (ICASR)

E Beller, J Clark, G Tsafnat, C Adams, H Diehl… - Systematic reviews, 2018 - Springer
Systematic reviews (SR) are vital to health care, but have become complicated and time-
consuming, due to the rapid expansion of evidence to be synthesised. Fortunately, many …

Minor differences were found between AMSTAR 2 and ROBIS in the assessment of systematic reviews including both randomized and nonrandomized studies

D Pieper, L Puljak, M González-Lorenzo… - Journal of clinical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Objective To compare A Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews
(AMSTAR 2) with a tool to assess risk of bias in systematic reviews (ROBIS) in terms of …

[HTML][HTML] Quality and risk of bias appraisals of systematic reviews are inconsistent across reviewers and centers

M Gates, A Gates, G Duarte, M Cary, M Becker… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective The objective of the study was to evaluate the inter-rater and intercenter reliability,
usability, and utility of A MeaSurement Tool to Assess systematic Reviews (AMSTAR) …

Quality assessment versus risk of bias in systematic reviews: AMSTAR and ROBIS had similar reliability but differed in their construct and applicability

R Banzi, M Cinquini, M Gonzalez-Lorenzo… - Journal of clinical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objectives The objective of the study was to assess the inter-rater reliability (IRR) of
AMSTAR and ROBIS in judging individual domains and overall methodological quality/risk …

Reporting guidelines on how to write a complete and transparent abstract for overviews of systematic reviews of health care interventions

KI Bougioukas, E Bouras, F Apostolidou-Kiouti… - Journal of Clinical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective An overview of systematic reviews (OoSRs) is a study designed to offer a broad
view of evidence from existing systematic reviews (SRs). The abstract is an important part of …

The effectiveness of tai chi for knee osteoarthritis: an overview of systematic reviews

Y Ye, A Liu - International Journal of General Medicine, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Background Knee Osteoarthritis (KOA) has become a serious health issue for elderly
patients. Several systematic reviews (SRs) have reported Tai Chi has widely been used in …

[HTML][HTML] Methodological issues of systematic reviews and meta-analyses in the field of sleep medicine: a meta-epidemiological study

C Xu, L Furuya-Kanamori, JSW Kwong, S Li, Y Liu… - Sleep Medicine …, 2021 - Elsevier
An increasing number of systematic reviews and meta-analyses (SRMAs) have been
published in the field of sleep medicine. We evaluated the methodological issues of these …

Quality of systematic reviews on timing of complementary feeding for early childhood allergy prevention

U Matterne, MA Theurich, S Pröbstl, D Pieper… - BMC Medical Research …, 2023 - Springer
Background Only rigorously prepared analyses can provide the highest level of evidence to
inform decision-making. Several recent systematic reviews (SRs) examined the hypothesis …

Mandibular full-arch fixed prostheses supported by three-dental-implants: A protocol of an overview of reviews

KI Afrashtehfar, RA Moawad, AW F.-Eddin, HL Wang - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Introduction To minimize trauma and cost of treatment, oral health practitioners have
successfully rehabilitated full arches by supporting the prostheses on four implants …