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

Objective 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...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International journal of paediatric dentistry 2018-11, Vol.28 (6), p.548-560
Hauptverfasser:	Jayaraman, Jayakumar, Nagendrababu, Venkateshbabu, Pulikkotil, Shaju Jacob, Innes, Nicola P.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AMSTAR Databases, Factual Dentistry Evaluation Studies as Topic Humans Journal Impact Factor Meta-analysis methodological quality paediatric dentistry Pediatric Dentistry Publications - statistics & numerical data Quality Research Report Reviews Statistical analysis Statistics, Nonparametric systematic review
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Zusammenfassung:	Objective 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. Design 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
ISSN:	0960-7439 1365-263X
DOI:	10.1111/ipd.12414