Table 2 Distribution of risk of bias, reporting quality, and critical appraisal tools in non-Cochrane systematic reviews in PROSPERO (2011-2017)
Tool | n (%) | Descriptive |
|---|---|---|
Risk of bias | 3,012 (29.4%) | |
Cochrane Risk of Bias | 2,092 (20.5%) | |
QUADAS/QUADAS-2 | 552 (5.4%) | Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies (QUADAS) is a tool for the quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies. |
ROBINS-I | 189 (1.8%) | Risk Of Bias In Non-randomized Studies - of Interventions (ROBINS-I). |
QUIPS | 100 (0.9%) | Quality In Prognosis Studies (QUIPS) tool. |
ROBIS | 43 (0.4%) | Tool to assess Risk Of Bias In Systematic reviews (ROBIS). |
RoBANS | 33 (0.3%) | Risk of Bias Assessment tool for Non-randomized Studies (RoBANS). |
ReBIP | 3 (0.03%) | Review Body for Interventional Procedures (ReBIP). |
Reporting quality | 969 (9.4%) | |
STROBE | 410 (4.1%) | Strengthening the reporting of observational studies (cohort, case-control, and cross-sectional). |
PRISMA | 285 (2,8%) | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) |
CONSORT | 156 (1.5%) | Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT). |
COREQ | 48 (0.4%) | Consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research (COREQ). |
MOOSE | 39 (0.4%) | Meta-analyses of Observational Studies (MOOSE) check-list. |
STARD | 24 (0.2%) | Standards for the Reporting of Diagnostic (STARD) accuracy studies. |
CLEAR NPT | 4 (0.04%) | Check list for reporting nonpharmacological trials. |
SRQR | 2 (0.02%) | Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research (SRQR). |
QUOROM | 1 (0.1%) | Quality of Reporting of Meta-analyses (QUOROM). |
Critical Appraisal Toolkits | 1,064 (10.4%) | |
CASP Critical Appraisal Tools | 571 (5.5%) | Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) tool. |
JBI Critical Appraisal Tools | 373 (5.5%) | Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Critical Appraisal tools. |
SIGN Critical Appraisal Tools | 46 (0.45%) | Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) Critical Appraisal notes and checklists. |
CEBM Critical Appraisal Tools | 39 (0.4%) | Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (CEBM) critical appraisal tools. |
BMJ Critical Appraisal Tools | 35 (0.34%) | British Medical Journal (BMJ) critical appraisal tools. |