An Introduction to a Measurement Tool to Assess the Methodological Quality of Systematic Reviews/ Meta-analysis: AMSTAR_Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine

Authors：

XIONG Jun ^1,2 ,  CHEN Rixin ¹

1. The Affiliated Hospital of Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330006, China;2. Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510405, China;

Corresponding author：

CHEN Rixin, Email: chenrixin123@yahoo.com.cn

Keywords：

Evidence-based medicine; Systematic review; Meta-analysis; Methodology; Quality assessment; AMSTAR

DOI：

10.7507/1672-2531.20110180

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AMSTAR (Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews) is currently developed as a measurement tool with extensive application to assess the methodological quality of systematic review/meta-analysis. It has good reliability, validity, and responsibility, and has been widely applied. This paper introduces AMSTAR to researchers and users in China, in view of development procedure, assessment items, and application status.

Citation： XIONG Jun,CHEN Rixin. An Introduction to a Measurement Tool to Assess the Methodological Quality of Systematic Reviews/ Meta-analysis: AMSTAR. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2011, 11(9): 1084-1089. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20110180 Copy

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1. 6 Moher D, Soeken K, Sampson M, et al . Assessing the quality of reports of systematic reviews in pediatric complementary and alternative medicine. BMC Pediatr , 2002, 2(2): 1-3.
2. 7 Jadad A, Moher M, Browman G, et al . Systematic reviews and meta-analyses on treatment of asthma: critical evaluation. BMJ , 2000, 321(7256): 537-540.
3. 8 Jadad AR, Cook DJ, Jones A. Methodology and reports of systematic reviews and meta-analysis: a comparison of Cochrane paper-based journals. JAMA , 1998, 280(3): 278-280.
4. 10 Oxman AD. Checklists for review articles. BMJ , 1994, 309(6955): 648-651.
5. 11 Sacks H, Berrier J, Reitman D, et al . Meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials. N Engl J Med , 1987, 316(8): 450-455.
6. 12 Moher D. Cook DJ. Eastwood S, et al . Improving the quality of reports of meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials: the QUOROM statement. Quality of Reporting of Meta-analyses. Lancet , 1999; 354(9193): 1896-1900.
7. 14 Sterne JAC, Gavaghan D, Egger M. Publication and related bias in meta-analysis power of statistical tests and prevalence in the literature. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology , 2000, 53(11): 1119-1129.
8. 15 Shea BJ, Grimshaw JM, Wells GA, et al . Development of AMSTAR: A Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews. BMC Medical Research Methodology , 2007, 7(10): 1-10. e7-8.
9. 17 Egger M, Zellweger-Zahner T, Schneider M, et al . Language bias in randomised controlled trials published in English and German. Lancet , 1997, 351(9095): 326-329.
10. 18 Moher D, Pham B, Klassen T, et al . What contributions do languages other than English make to the results of meta-analyses? Journal of Clinical Epidemiology , 2000, 53(9): 964-972.
11. 19 Shea BJ, Bouter LM, Peterson J, et al . External Validation of a Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR). PLoS ONE , 2007, 2(12): 1-4. e1350.
12. 22 Singh JA, Christensen R, Wells GA, et al . Biologics for rheumatoid arthritis: an overview of Cochrane reviews. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2009, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD007848.
13. 23 Miktona C, Butchart A. Child maltreatment prevention: a systematic review of reviews. Bull World Health Organ , 2009, 87(5): 353-361.
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18. 28 Cornell JE, Laine C. The Science and Art of Deduction: Complex Systematic Overviews. Ann Intern Med , 2008, 148(10): 786-782.
19. 30 Moher D, Tetzlaff J, Tricco AC, et al . Epidemiology and reporting characteristics of systematic reviews. PLoS Med , 2007, 4(3): 78.
20. 李静, 李幼平. 不断完善与发展的Cochrane系统评价. 中国循证医学杂志, 2008, 8(9): 742-743.
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24. 刘建平, 夏芸. 中文期刊发表的中医药系统综述或Meta分析文章的质量评价. 中国中西医结合杂志2007, 21(4): 306-310.
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27. The Cochrane Library. Volume 3. Chichester, UK: John Wiley &Sons Ltd; 2004.
28. Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health. Available at: http://www.cadth.ca.
29. Becker LA, Oxman AD. Chapter 22: Overviews of reviews. In: Higgins JPT, Green S (editors). Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions. Version 5.0.1 [updated September 2008]. The Cochrane Collaboration, 2008. Available at: www.cochranehandbook.org.
30. HTA final report: Electrical Nerve Stimlation for Treatment of Pain. Octo.7, 2009. Available at: http: //www.hta.hca.wa.gov.
31. Moher D, Liberat A, Tetzlaff J, 等. 系统综述和荟萃分析优先报告的条目: PRISMA声明. 中西医结合学报, 2009, 7(9): 889-896.

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