09 September 2018 0 9K Report

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.

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