The quality of reports of medical and public health research from Palestinian institutions: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Over the past decade, there has been an increase in reports of health research from Palestine, but no assessment of their quality. We have assessed the quality of reports of Palestinian health research and factors associated with it.

Design

This is a systematic review.

Inclusion criteria

We searched Medline and Scopus for reports of original research relevant to human health or healthcare authored by researchers affiliated with Palestinian institutions and published between January 2000 and August 2015 inclusive.

Outcomes

We used international guidelines to assess report quality, classifying as adequate those with ≥50% of items completely addressed.

Results

Of 2383 reports identified, 497 met our inclusion criteria. Just over half (264; 55%) of

SUBMITTER: Albarqouni L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5726119 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature