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Development of a quality assessment tool for systematic reviews of observational studies (QATSO) of HIV prevalence in men having sex with men and associated risk behaviours.

Wong WC, Cheung CS, Hart GJ.

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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

Evidence-based medicine, systematic reviews, and guidelines in interventional pain management: part 6. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of observational studies.

Manchikanti L, Datta S, Smith HS, Hirsch JA.

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Tools for assessing quality and susceptibility to bias in observational studies in epidemiology: a systematic review and annotated bibliography.

Sanderson S, Tatt ID, Higgins JP.

Int J Epidemiol. 2007 Jun;36(3):666-76. Epub 2007 Apr 30. Review.PMID: 17470488 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

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.

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The feasibility of creating a checklist for the assessment of the methodological quality both of randomised and non-randomised studies of health care interventions.

Downs SH, Black N.

J Epidemiol Community Health. 1998 Jun;52(6):377-84.PMID: 9764259 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

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.

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The development of a quality appraisal tool for studies of diagnostic reliability (QAREL).

Lucas NP, Macaskill P, Irwig L, Bogduk N.

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[A tool (corrected) for the critical appraisal of epidemiological cross-sectional studies]

Berra S, Elorza-Ricart JM, Estrada MD, Sánchez E.

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Methodological issues in systematic reviews and meta-analyses of observational studies in orthopaedic research.

Simunovic N, Sprague S, Bhandari M.

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Quality assessment of observational studies is not commonplace in systematic reviews.

Mallen C, Peat G, Croft P.

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Quality assessment of diagnostic before-after studies: development of methodology in the context of a systematic review.

Meads CA, Davenport CF.

BMC Med Res Methodol. 2009 Jan 19;9:3. Review.PMID: 19152699 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The PRISMA statement for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses of studies that evaluate health care interventions: explanation and elaboration.

Liberati A, Altman DG, Tetzlaff J, Mulrow C, Gøtzsche PC, Ioannidis JP, Clarke M, Devereaux PJ, Kleijnen J, Moher D.

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Poor quality of reporting confounding bias in observational intervention studies: a systematic review.

Groenwold RH, Van Deursen AM, Hoes AW, Hak E.

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A systematic review of the content of critical appraisal tools.

Katrak P, Bialocerkowski AE, Massy-Westropp N, Kumar S, Grimmer KA.

BMC Med Res Methodol. 2004 Sep 16;4:22. Review.PMID: 15369598 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Checklist for the qualitative evaluation of clinical studies with particular focus on external validity and model validity.

Bornhöft G, Maxion-Bergemann S, Wolf U, Kienle GS, Michalsen A, Vollmar HC, Gilbertson S, Matthiessen PF.

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[Strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology (STROBE): explanation and elaboration]

Vandenbroucke JP, Von Elm E, Altman DG, Gøtzsche PC, Mulrow CD, Pocock SJ, Poole C, Schlesselman JJ, Egger M; Iniciativa STROBE.

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The PRISMA statement for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses of studies that evaluate health care interventions: explanation and elaboration.

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[Quality appraisal of systematic reviews and meta-analysis of pneumonia in China]

Hou ZK, Li JS, Yu XQ, Li B, Zhou HY, Zhang YX.

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A systematic review and quality assessment of systematic reviews of fetal fibronectin and transvaginal length for predicting preterm birth.

Smith V, Devane D, Begley CM, Clarke M, Higgins S.

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