Background Systematic reviews (SRs) have become increasingly popular to a wide range of
stakeholders. We set out to capture a representative cross-sectional sample of published …

Background Systematic reviews (SRs) can help decision makers interpret the deluge of
published biomedical literature. However, a SR may be of limited use if the methods used to …

Objective To explore trends in published protocols of systematic reviews (SRs) and to
analyze how SRs with published protocols differ from those without. Study Design and …

Background Synthesizing research evidence using systematic and rigorous methods has
become a key feature of evidence-based medicine and knowledge translation. Systematic …

OBJECTIVE: As part of a larger project on updating systematic reviews, we studied the
currency of reviews at the time of publication to determine typical and achievable times to …

Problems and Limitations in Conducting Systematic Reviews Page 1 3 Problems and
limitations in conducting systematic reviews MATTHIAS EGGER, KAY DICKERSIN, GEORGE …

Objective The objectives of this scoping review are to identify the reliability and validity of the
available tools, their limitations and any recommendations to further improve the use of …

ContextPublication of research protocols minimizes bias by explicitly stating a priori
hypotheses and methods without prior knowledge of results. MethodsWe conducted a …

Objectives To assess the reliability of the Cochrane Risk of Bias (ROB) tool between
individual raters and across consensus agreements of pairs of reviewers and examine the …

Background The methodological quality and completeness of reporting of the systematic
reviews (SRs) is fundamental to optimal implementation of evidence-based health care and …