Development of a Methodological Quality Criteria List for Observational Studies: The Observational Study Quality Evaluation.

ABSTRACT: Background: Existing study quality and risk of bias lists for observational studies have important disadvantages. For this reason, a comprehensive widely applicable quality assessment tool for observational studies was developed. Methods: Criteria from three quality lists were merged into a new quality assessment tool: the observational study quality evaluation (OSQE). OSQE consists of a cohort, case-control, and cross-sectional version. Results: The OSQE cohort, the OSQE case-control, and the OSQE cross-sectional version include all items applicable to that type of study, for example, the representativeness of the study population, the validity of the independent and dependent variables, and the statistical methods used. Before scoring the OSQE, the rater is asked to

SUBMITTER: Drukker M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8317224 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature