Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/11434/634
Title: Methodological quality assessment of paper-based systematic reviews published in oral health.
Epworth Authors: Wasiak, Jason
Other Authors: Shen, A.
Tan, Hannah
Mahar, Robert
Kan, G.
Khoo, W. R.
Faggion, Clovis Marinaro Jr
Keywords: Meta-analysis
Research Design
Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews
AMSTAR
Median and Inter-Quartile Range
IQR
Validated Checklist
Methodological Assessment
Implant Dentistry
Pain Dentistry
Prosthodontics
Restorative Dentistry
Oral Medicine
Dental Research
Dentistry
Dental Specialties
Issue Date: Apr-2016
Publisher: Springer Link
Citation: Clin Oral Investig. 2016 Apr;20(3):399-431
Abstract: OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to conduct a methodological assessment of paper-based systematic reviews (SR) published in oral health using a validated checklist. A secondary objective was to explore temporal trends on methodological quality. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Two electronic databases (OVID Medline and OVID EMBASE) were searched for paper-based SR of interventions published in oral health from inception to October 2014. Manual searches of the reference lists of paper-based SR were also conducted. Methodological quality of included paper-based SR was assessed using an 11-item questionnaire, Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR) checklist. Methodological quality was summarized using the median and inter-quartile range (IQR) of the AMSTAR score over different categories and time periods. RESULTS: A total of 643 paper-based SR were included. The overall median AMSTAR score was 4 (IQR 2-6). The highest median score (5) was found in the pain dentistry and periodontology fields, while the lowest median score (3) was found in implant dentistry, restorative dentistry, oral medicine, and prosthodontics. The number of paper-based SR per year and the median AMSTAR score increased over time (median score in 1990s was 2 (IQR 2-3), 2000s was 4 (IQR 2-5), and 2010 onwards was 5 (IQR 3-6)). CONCLUSION: Although the methodological quality of paper-based SR published in oral health has improved in the last few years, there is still scope for improving quality in most evaluated dental specialties. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Large-scale assessment of methodological quality of dental SR highlights areas of methodological strengths and weaknesses that can be targeted in future publications to encourage better quality review methodology.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11434/634
DOI: 10.1007/s00784-015-1663-5
PubMed URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26589200
ISSN: 1432-6981
1436-3771
Journal Title: Clinical Oral Investigations
Type: Journal Article
Affiliated Organisations: School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, The Alfred Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Melbourne Dental School, Melbourne, Australia.
Eastern Health, Box Hill Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia.
School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia.
Southern Health, Melbourne, Australia.
Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
Type of Clinical Study or Trial: Meta-Analysis
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