Certainty of evidence assessment in high-impact medical journals: A meta-epidemiological survey.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

While certainty of evidence assessment is key to a rigorous and transparent systematic review, it is unknown how - and how frequently - it is assessed in systematic reviews. The objective of this study was to examine the prevalence and approaches used for certainty of evidence assessment in systematic reviews published in high-impact medicine journals over the past 11 years.

Methods

A PubMed search and hand-searching of relevant journal websites identified systematic reviews published between 24 January 2013 and 23 January 2024 in any of the ten highest-impact journals in the General and Internal Medicine category of the Journal Citation Report. Two reviewers independently selected any systematic review related to health outcomes assessing certainty of evidence

SUBMITTER: Siedler MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12442678 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature