Methodological assessment of systematic reviews of in-vitro dental studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Systematic reviews of in-vitro studies, like any other study, can be of heterogeneous quality. The present study aimed to evaluate the methodological quality of systematic reviews of in-vitro dental studies.

Methods

We searched for systematic reviews of in-vitro dental studies in PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus databases published up to January 2022. We assessed the methodological quality of the systematic reviews using a modified "A MeaSurement Tool to Assess systematic Reviews" (AMSTAR-2) instrument. The 16 items, in the form of questions, were answered with yes, no, or py (partial yes). Univariable and multivariable linear regression models were used to examine the association between systematic review characteristics and AMSTAR-2 percent score. Overall conf

SUBMITTER: Hammel C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9006561 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature