AMSTAR 2: a critical appraisal tool for systematic reviews that include randomised or non-randomised studies of healthcare interventions, or both
Bruyère · University of Ottawa · +8 more institutions
Abstract
The number of published systematic reviews of studies of healthcare interventions has increased rapidly and these are used extensively for clinical and policy decisions. Systematic reviews are subject to a range of biases and increasingly include non-randomised studies of interventions. It is important that users can distinguish high quality reviews. Many instruments have been designed to evaluate different aspects of reviews, but there are few comprehensive critical appraisal instruments. AMSTAR was developed to evaluate systematic reviews of randomised trials. In this paper, we report on the updating of AMSTAR and its adaptation to enable more detailed assessment of systematic reviews that include randomised…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 308.70
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 82
Authors
11- BSBeverley SheaCorresponding
Bruyère, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa Hospital
- BCBarnaby C Reeves
University of Bristol
- GAGeorge A. Wells
University of Ottawa
- MTMicere Thuku
Ottawa Hospital, Bruyère, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
- CHCandyce Hamel
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa Hospital
Topics & keywords
- Systematic review
- Psychological intervention
- Critical appraisal
- Observational study
- Medicine
- Health care
- Randomized controlled trial
- Alternative medicine
- Peace, Justice and strong institutions