Critical appraisal of methodological quality of Systematic Reviews and Meta‐analysis in Paediatric Dentistry journals

Objective To systematically assess the methodological quality of Systematic Reviews (SRs) and Meta‐Analyses (MA) published in Paediatric Dentistry journals and to analyse the relationship between the authors, journals, country, review topic, and the year of publication to the methodological quality...

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Published in:International journal of paediatric dentistry 2018-11, Vol.28 (6), p.548-560
Main Authors: Jayaraman, Jayakumar, Nagendrababu, Venkateshbabu, Pulikkotil, Shaju Jacob, Innes, Nicola P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
AMSTAR
Databases, Factual
Dentistry
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Humans
Journal Impact Factor
Meta-analysis
methodological quality
paediatric dentistry
Pediatric Dentistry
Publications - statistics & numerical data
Quality
Research Report
Reviews
Statistical analysis
Statistics, Nonparametric
systematic review
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Summary:Objective To systematically assess the methodological quality of Systematic Reviews (SRs) and Meta‐Analyses (MA) published in Paediatric Dentistry journals and to analyse the relationship between the authors, journals, country, review topic, and the year of publication to the methodological quality of SRs and MA. Design Paediatric Dentistry journals ranked in the top five of the h5 index of Google Scholar Metrics were selected. SRs with MA were searched independently by two reviewers using PubMed and Scopus databases until December 2017. Methodological quality was assessed using A Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR) tool. Statistical significance was set at P 
ISSN:0960-7439
1365-263X
DOI:10.1111/ipd.12414