Methodological quality of systematic reviews in Brazilian psychology journals quality of systematic reviews in psychology/Qualidade metodologica das revisoes sistematicas em periodicos de psicologia brasileiros

The aim of this study is to measure the methodological quality of systematic reviews (SR) published in Brazilian psychology journals. It was conducted a SR in SciELO and PePSIC databases, using "review" and "systematic" as keywords. 33 articles were identified and analyzed using the Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR). The mean value of quality was 5.39 (SD = 1.91) on a scale ranging from 0 to 11. Using criteria of Qualis CAPES, significant differences were found in the quality of RS published in SciELO compared to those published in PePSIC, but not according to the journal extract. No increase in quality was observed from 2001 to 2012. The adoption of guidelines for publication of SR is suggested, in order to improve their quality in Brazil. Keywords: systematic review, methodology, quality Buscou-se avaliar a qualidade metodologica das revisoes sistematicas (RS) publicadas em periodicos brasileiros de psicologia. Foi conduzida uma RS nas bases PePSIC e SciELO, usando as palavras-chave: "revisao" e "sistematica". Foram identificados e analisados 33 artigos atraves do instrumento Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR). A pontuacao media das revisoes foi 5,39 (em um escore que podia variar de 0 a 11). Houve diferenca de qualidade entre as RS publicadas no SciELO e as que o foram no PePSIC, mas nao foi observada diferenca conforme o estrato do periodico, segundo o Qualis CAPES. Alem disso, nao verificou-se incremento na qualidade das publicacoes de 2001 a 2012. Sugere-se adocao de diretrizes por parte dos periodicos e dos autores de forma a melhorar a qualidade das RS no Brasil. Palavras-chave: revisao sistematica, metodologia, psicologia