Can anyone help with how to score the final item of the AMSTAR, "Was the conflict of interest stated?
To me, the question implies that 1-point is scored only if there is a conflict statement AND a conflict is noted. I would have thought that a conflict statement that there are no conflicts identified should also score 1-point. Otherwise, reviews with conflicts would potentially score higher than reviews without conflicts.
If anyone can advise on this, I'd be most grateful.