Quality Assessment of Systematic Reviews on the Efficacy of Oral Appliance Therapy for Adult and Pediatric Sleep-Disordered Breathing.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

To assess the methodological quality of published systematic reviews (SRs) and meta-analyses (MAs) about the efficacy of oral appliances (OA) in the management of adult and pediatric sleep-disordered breathing (SDB).

Methods

SRs/MAs that evaluated the efficacy of OA therapy on the treatment of SDB in human subjects of all age groups were sought. Multiple electronic databases were searched for articles published in any language from the database's inception until January 2016. Two reviewers independently selected and then assessed the methodological quality of the studies using the Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR) measurement tool.

Results

Thirteen reviews on adult SDB were included (2 SRs and 11 SRs with MAs). Of those, seven were me

SUBMITTER: Al-Jewair TS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4957196 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature