Dear RG users,
I am preparing a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis of the molecular epidemiology of a particular virus in my setting. Which kind of article quality assessment tool fit for such kind of research questions?
Hello Mr Derbie You can Discuss and use All Seven Quality tools in your research for systematic review and meta-analysis of the molecular epidemiology of a particular virus in your setting. They are popular as:
The seven tools are:
1. Cause-and-effect diagram (also known as the "fishbone" or Ishikawa diagram)
2. Check sheet
3. Control chart
4. Histogram
5. Pareto chart
6. Scatter diagram
7. Stratification (alternately, flow chart or run chart)
But I Understand you want to asses the Quality Of Articles for your Research and for this you need to find Articles:
1. In Journals with High Index.
2. Journals with High IF Impact Factor.
3. Journals available on Pub Med and Google Scholar for Citation so its recoded.
4. Search for Journals like New england journal of medicine, BMJ, Elsevier others
I hope it might help you Regards
This is quite a good resource from Monash University on tools to assess the quality of studies:
https://guides.lib.monash.edu/systematic-review/analysis/assessquality
The Cochrane Handbook (http://handbook-5-1.cochrane.org/) has details on how to assess and grade risk of bias.
If you are interesting in doing a SR or MA of RCT I would recommended you to use the Cochrane handbook (part 2, issue 8) to asssess possible Rios of Bias (RoB). Link below.The entireley text could help you to resolve some methodological doubts.
http://handbook-5-1.cochrane.org
I hope you find it interesting
Dear Awoke,
please read the manuscripts that I am sending here and you will probably find the answer. Best Regards.
You can use the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) for assessing the quality of non-randomized studies
Assessment of quality of individual studies can be assessed by scales developed by Chalmers et al and Jadad et al. Impact of excluding low quality studies can be assessed by sensitivity analysis. Again, Publication bias can be checked by examining funnel plot and by Egger’s regression test.
Cochrane ROB assessment tool and Jadad scale for RCTs
ROBINS-I tool for Non-randomized trials
See in a systematic review you will get many papers with varied study designs (unless you already control for the type of study you're looking for in the search strategy or filter) and we have different quality assessment tool for each types of study designs. Refer to the EQUATOR network websites; it will definitely help you.
Check The Cochrane Collaboration’s tool for assessing risk of bias http://handbook-5-1.cochrane.org/chapter_8/8_5_the_cochrane_collaborations_tool_for_assessing_risk_of_bias.htm
Where do you live ? May be in Asturias, Spain?. Please let me your e-mail for contacting with you
My best regards
Luis
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