Hello colleagues
I am sure my question is very cliche for most of you but, still, I am not very sure how to choose the most appropriate risk of bias assessment tool for my meta-analysis.
The studies I am reviewing are single arm trials where pain scores were measured before and after a surgical procedure.
Cochrane authors support that ROBINS-I and ROBANS have the best external validity, however, I haven't found any comprehensive article explaining pros and cons of each tool.
I would be very grateful to have your views!
Best Wishes
Andreas
You can go through this page of Cochrane https://methods.cochrane.org/bias/risk-bias-non-randomized-studies-interventions and Article Evaluation of the risk of bias in non-randomized studies of ...
Article The risk of bias in observational studies of exposures (ROBI...
The Evidence Project Tool
Article The Evidence Project risk of bias tool: assessing study rigo...
If there is anyone more convenient, user friendly and open-access, I shall be happy to hear from you
Thanking you
I've used ROBINS-I and its pretty easy to use and lots of instructions about what to do
They've both been OKed by Cochrane, but ROBINS-I is the more recent one of the 2. Go with that one.
If you want to know more about the different methods you can read 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019703.
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