Critical appraisal of methodological quality of Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis in Paediatric Dentistry journals

Jayaraman, Jayakumar, Nagendrababu, Venkateshbabu, Pulikkotil, Shaju Jacob and Innes, Nicola P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9984-0012 2018. Critical appraisal of methodological quality of Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis in Paediatric Dentistry journals. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry 28 (6) , 548--560. 10.1111/ipd.12414

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Abstract

<p><b>Objective</b>: To systematically assess the methodological quality of Systematic Reviews (SRs) and Meta-Analyses (MA) published in Paediatric Dentistry journals and to analyse the relationship between the authors, journals, country, review topic, and the year of publication to the methodological quality of SRs and MA.</p><p><b>Design</b>: Paediatric Dentistry journals ranked in the top five of the h5 index of Google Scholar Metrics were selected. SRs with MA were searched independently by two reviewers using PubMed and Scopus databases until December 2017. Methodological quality was assessed using A Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR) tool. Statistical significance was set at P < 0.05 and Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis test was employed for comparing the AMSTAR score with the journal characteristics.</p><p><b>Results</b>: Finally, 24 SRs with MA were included. The overall AMSTAR score of SRs and MA published in paediatric dentistry journals was 7.08 ± 2.41. No statistically significant differences were found between the country, journal or focus of study to the quality of SRs except the number of authors and the year of publication (P < 0.05).</p><p><b>Conclusions</b>: The quality of SRs and MA in leading Paediatric Dentistry journaSavels were evaluated with AMSTAR tool and areas where quality could be improved were identified.</p>

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Dentistry
Publisher:	Wiley
ISSN:	0960-7439
Last Modified:	07 Nov 2022 11:05
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/134464

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