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Development of AMSTAR: a measurement tool to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews.

Shea BJ, Grimshaw JM, Wells GA, Boers M, Andersson N, Hamel C, Porter AC, Tugwell P, Moher D, Bouter LM.

BMC Med Res Methodol. 2007 Feb 15;7:10.PMID: 17302989 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

AMSTAR is a reliable and valid measurement tool to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews.

Shea BJ, Hamel C, Wells GA, Bouter LM, Kristjansson E, Grimshaw J, Henry DA, Boers M.

J Clin Epidemiol. 2009 Oct;62(10):1013-20. Epub 2009 Feb 20.PMID: 19230606 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The development of QUADAS: a tool for the quality assessment of studies of diagnostic accuracy included in systematic reviews.

Whiting P, Rutjes AW, Reitsma JB, Bossuyt PM, Kleijnen J.

BMC Med Res Methodol. 2003 Nov 10;3:25.PMID: 14606960 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Development and validation of methods for assessing the quality of diagnostic accuracy studies.

Whiting P, Rutjes AW, Dinnes J, Reitsma J, Bossuyt PM, Kleijnen J.

Health Technol Assess. 2004 Jun;8(25):iii, 1-234. Review.PMID: 15193208 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

External validation of a measurement tool to assess systematic reviews (AMSTAR).

Shea BJ, Bouter LM, Peterson J, Boers M, Andersson N, Ortiz Z, Ramsay T, Bai A, Shukla VK, Grimshaw JM.

PLoS One. 2007 Dec 26;2(12):e1350.PMID: 18159233 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Methodology and reporting quality of systematic review/meta-analysis of traditional Chinese medicine.

Junhua Z, Hongcai S, Xiumei G, Boli Z, Yaozu X, Hongbo C, Ming R.

J Altern Complement Med. 2007 Oct;13(8):797-805.PMID: 17983335 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Recommendations by Cochrane Review Groups for assessment of the risk of bias in studies.

Lundh A, Gøtzsche PC.

BMC Med Res Methodol. 2008 Apr 21;8:22.PMID: 18426565 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The quality of reports of critical care meta-analyses in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews: an independent appraisal.

Delaney A, Bagshaw SM, Ferland A, Laupland K, Manns B, Doig C.

Crit Care Med. 2007 Feb;35(2):589-94.PMID: 17205029 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Scope for improvement in the quality of reporting of systematic reviews. From the Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group.

Shea B, Bouter LM, Grimshaw JM, Francis D, Ortiz Z, Wells GA, Tugwell PS, Boers M.

J Rheumatol. 2006 Jan;33(1):9-15. Epub 2005 Nov 1.PMID: 16267878 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Does updating improve the methodological and reporting quality of systematic reviews?

Shea B, Boers M, Grimshaw JM, Hamel C, Bouter LM.

BMC Med Res Methodol. 2006 Jun 13;6:27.PMID: 16772030 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Quality of systematic reviews in pediatric oncology--a systematic review.

Lundh A, Knijnenburg SL, Jørgensen AW, van Dalen EC, Kremer LC.

Cancer Treat Rev. 2009 Dec;35(8):645-52. Review.PMID: 19836897 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Edmonton Quality Assessment Tool for Drug Utilization Reviews: EQUATDUR-2: the development of a scale to assess the methodological quality of a drug utilization review.

Spooner CH, Pickard AS, Menon D.

Med Care. 2000 Sep;38(9):948-58.PMID: 10982116 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A systematic review finds that diagnostic reviews fail to incorporate quality despite available tools.

Whiting P, Rutjes AW, Dinnes J, Reitsma JB, Bossuyt PM, Kleijnen J.

J Clin Epidemiol. 2005 Jan;58(1):1-12. Review.PMID: 15649665 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Evaluation of QUADAS, a tool for the quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies.

Whiting PF, Weswood ME, Rutjes AW, Reitsma JB, Bossuyt PN, Kleijnen J.

BMC Med Res Methodol. 2006 Mar 6;6:9.PMID: 16519814 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Protocol of the COSMIN study: COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments.

Mokkink LB, Terwee CB, Knol DL, Stratford PW, Alonso J, Patrick DL, Bouter LM, de Vet HC.

BMC Med Res Methodol. 2006 Jan 24;6:2.PMID: 16433905 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A process for systematically reviewing the literature: providing the research evidence for public health nursing interventions.

Thomas BH, Ciliska D, Dobbins M, Micucci S.

Worldviews Evid Based Nurs. 2004;1(3):176-84.PMID: 17163895 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Criteria list for assessment of methodological quality of economic evaluations: Consensus on Health Economic Criteria.

Evers S, Goossens M, de Vet H, van Tulder M, Ament A.

Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2005 Spring;21(2):240-5. Review.PMID: 15921065 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

No role for quality scores in systematic reviews of diagnostic accuracy studies.

Whiting P, Harbord R, Kleijnen J.

BMC Med Res Methodol. 2005 May 26;5:19. Review.PMID: 15918898 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Methodological quality of systematic reviews of animal studies: a survey of reviews of basic research.

Mignini LE, Khan KS.

BMC Med Res Methodol. 2006 Mar 13;6:10.PMID: 16533396 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Assessment of methodological quality of primary studies by systematic reviews: results of the metaquality cross sectional study.

Moja LP, Telaro E, D'Amico R, Moschetti I, Coe L, Liberati A.

BMJ. 2005 May 7;330(7499):1053. Epub 2005 Apr 7.PMID: 15817526 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article