Table 1 Frequency of methodological quality appraisal tools in non-Cochrane systematic reviews registered in PROSPERO (2011-2017)
Tool | n (%) | Descriptive |
|---|---|---|
Methodological quality | 5,170 (50.6%) | |
Newcastle-Ottawa scale (NOS) | 1,823 (5.5%) | Newcastle-Ottawa quality assessment scale for case-control studies. |
GRADE | 983 (9.6%) | The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach. |
Jadad | 467 (5.5%) | Jadad quality assessment scale for rating randomized controlled trials. |
PEdro scale | 432 (5.5%) | A scale to measure the quality of reports of randomized controlled trials indexed on the Physiotherapy Evidence Database(PEDro). |
Downs and Black check-list | 323 (5.5%) | Tool for assessing the methodological quality of both randomized and non-randomized studies. |
AMSTAR | 314 (5.5%) | A Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR) methodological quality. |
EPHPP | 158 (5.5%) | The Effective Public Health Practice Project (EPHPP) assessment tool for quantitative studies. |
COSMIN checklist | 139 (5.5%) | COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health status Measurement INstruments (COSMIN)checklist evaluates studies on measurement properties. |
MINORS | 128 (2.4%) | Methodological Index for Non-Randomized Studies (MINORS) was designed to assess the non-randomized surgical studies, whether comparative or non-comparative. |
MMAT | 85 (1.6%) | Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT) for qualitative, quantitative, and mixed method studies. |
McMaster | 76 (1.4%) | Quality assessment tool for quantitative studies. |
Drummond checklist | 54 (1.04%) | Tool for assessing economic evaluations. |
AGREEII | 45 (0.87%) | The Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation (AGREE) II instrument for clinical practice guidelines. |
CHEERS | 42 (0.81%) | ISPOR’s Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards (CHEERS). |
CMS/MCMS | 24 (0.46%) | |
MERSQI | 19 (0.36%) | The Medical Education Research Study Quality Instrument (MERSQI)to appraise methodological quality in medical education research. |
QATSDD | 19 (0.36%) | Quality Assessment Tool for reviewing Studies with Diverse Design (QATSDD) for quantitative and qualitative studies. |
Phillips checklist | 15 (0.29%) | A tool for the appraisal of the methodological quality of economic modeling studies |
QATSO | 12 (0.23%) | Quality Assessment Tool for Systematic Reviews of Observational Studies (QATSO) score. |
Q-Coh | 11 (0.21%) | A tool to screen the methodological Quality of CoHort studies in systematic reviews and meta-analyses. |
ISPOR | 7 (0.13%) | International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) checklist. |
OQAQ | 7 (0.13%) | Overview Quality Assessment Questionnaire (OQAQ) was designed to assess the methodological quality of SRs. |
CHEC list | 6 (0.11%) | The Consensus Health Economic Criteria (CHEC) for assessment of the methodological quality of economic evaluations. |
RE-AIM | 6 (0.11%) | The RE-AIM framework was designed to enhance the quality, speed, and public health impact of efforts to translate research into practice. |
SAQOR | 5 (0.09%) | Systematic Assessment of Quality in Observational Research (SAQOR) for systematic reviews of observational studies. |
SEQES | 3 (0.03%) | Structured Effectiveness Quality Evaluation Scale (SEQES). |
AQUA | 2 (0.02%) | The Anatomical Quality Assurance (AQUA) checklist was developed to improve the quality of reporting of anatomical studies. |
GRACE | 2 (0.02%) | Good ReseArch for Comparative Effectiveness (GRACE) checklist is designed for the quality assessment of observational studies of comparative effectiveness. |