Hi,

I have used the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale once. It was quite simple and handy and the paper was published in the Arch Dis Child (a BMJ Journal, IF 3.8).

My sincere recommendation,

Wojciech

Wojciech Feleszko Thank you very much for your fast reply and your recommendation!

All the best,

Maurice Ohren

In my view ROBINS-E maybe suitable in this case. More in the following RG discussion link

https://www.researchgate.net/post/Newcastle-Ottawa_Scale_or_ROBINS-I_or_ROBINS-E

A study to contribute to the discussion:

Losilla JM, Oliveras I, Marin-Garcia JA, Vives J. Three risk of bias tools lead to opposite conclusions in observational research synthesis. J Clin Epidemiol. 2018 Sep;101:61-72. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2018.05.021. Epub 2018 Jun 2. PMID: 29864541.

Dear Maurice Ohren,

I would recommend STROBE tools. In the case of observational studies, the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) is also recommended. However, you should first decide to include observational studies with cohort study design or case-control study design in your review. Whereas the cohort study is concerned with the frequency of disease in exposed and non-exposed individuals, the case-control study is concerned with the frequency and amount of exposure in subjects with a specific disease (cases) and people without the disease (controls).

ROBINS-I is latest and much detailed in comparison to Newcastle-Ottawa Scale.

Better to use robins- I.

But interpretation of data according to the robins-I, needs experience and expertise.