Tools for assessing risk of reporting biases in studies and syntheses of studies: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several scales, checklists and domain-based tools for assessing risk of reporting biases exist, but it is unclear how much they vary in content and guidance. We conducted a systematic review of the content and measurement properties of such tools.

Methods

We searched for potentially relevant articles in Ovid MEDLINE, Ovid Embase, Ovid PsycINFO and Google Scholar from inception to February 2017. One author screened all titles, abstracts and full text articles, and collected data on tool characteristics.

Results

We identified 18 tools that include an assessment of the risk of reporting bias. Tools varied in regard to the type of reporting bias assessed (eg, bias due to selective publication, bias due to selective non-reporting), and the level of assessment (e

SUBMITTER: Page MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5857645 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature