Methodological quality of systematic reviews in dentistry including animal studies: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The overall confidence in the results of systematic reviews including animal models can be heterogeneous. We assessed the methodological quality of systematic reviews including animal models in dentistry as well as the overall confidence in the results of those systematic reviews.

Material & methods

PubMed, Web of Science and Scopus were searched for systematic reviews including animal studies in dentistry published later than January 2010 until 18th of July 2022. Overall confidence in the results was assessed using a modified version of the A MeaSurement Tool to Assess systematic Reviews (AMSTAR-2) checklist. Checklist items were rated as yes, partial yes, no and not applicable. Linear regression analysis was used to investigate associations between systematic re

SUBMITTER: Menne MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10720166 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature