Table 1 Checklist used to assess the quality of systematic reviews included in the review.
From: A review of the methodological features of systematic reviews in maternal medicine
Title | Â |
Reference | Â |
First Author | Â |
Year of publication | Â |
Journal | Â |
Publication dates of literature included | Â |
No. studies included in the review | Â |
No. of reviewers | Â |
Type of review | therapeutic/prognostic/diagnostic |
Framing of question: | Â |
Question specified | yes/no |
Question relevant | yes/no |
Narrow focus of question | yes/no |
Explicit testable hypothesis | yes/no |
Literature search | Â |
Adequate search description (incl. names of databases and search terms) | yes/no |
Use of reference list | yes/no |
Search without language restriction | yes/no |
Assessment for risk of missing studies | yes/no |
Inclusion of unpublished data | yes/no |
Quality assessment of included studies: | Â |
Potential sources of bias (ie. randomisation) | yes/no |
Data collection (prospective/retrospective) | yes/no |
Follow-up | yes/no |
Blinding of assessors* | yes/no |
Description of intervention* | yes/no |