Toward a comprehensive evidence map of overview of systematic review methods: paper 2 —risk of bias assessment; synthesis, presentation and summary of the findings; and assessment of the certainty of the evidence

ConclusionMany methods have been described for use in the latter steps in conducting an overview; however, evaluation and guidance for applying these methods is sparse. The exception is RoB assessment, for which a multitude of tools exist —several with sufficient evaluation and guidance to recommend their use. Evaluation of other methods is required to provide a comprehensive evidence map.

Source: Systematic Reviews - October 12, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research