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Published in: Quality of Life Research 4/2016

Open Access 01-04-2016 | Review

The quality of systematic reviews of health-related outcome measurement instruments

Authors: C. B. Terwee, C. A. C. Prinsen, M. G. Ricci Garotti, A. Suman, H. C. W. de Vet, L. B. Mokkink

Published in: Quality of Life Research | Issue 4/2016

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Abstract

Background

Systematic reviews of outcome measurement instruments are important tools for the selection of instruments for research and clinical practice. Our aim was to assess the quality of systematic reviews of health-related outcome measurement instruments and to determine whether the quality has improved since our previous study in 2007.

Methods

A systematic literature search was performed in MEDLINE and EMBASE between July 1, 2013, and June 19, 2014. The quality of the reviews was rated using a study-specific checklist.

Results

A total of 102 reviews were included. In many reviews the search strategy was considered not comprehensive; in only 59 % of the reviews a search was performed in EMBASE and in about half of the reviews there was doubt about the comprehensiveness of the search terms used for type of measurement instruments and measurement properties. In 41 % of the reviews, compared to 30 % in our previous study, the methodological quality of the included studies was assessed. In 58 %, compared to 55 %, the quality of the included instruments was assessed. In 42 %, compared to 7 %, a data synthesis was performed in which the results from multiple studies on the same instrument were somehow combined.

Conclusion

Despite a clear improvement in the quality of systematic reviews of outcome measurement instruments in comparison with our previous study in 2007, there is still room for improvement with regard to the search strategy, and especially the quality assessment of the included studies and the included instruments, and the data synthesis.
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Metadata
Title
The quality of systematic reviews of health-related outcome measurement instruments
Authors
C. B. Terwee
C. A. C. Prinsen
M. G. Ricci Garotti
A. Suman
H. C. W. de Vet
L. B. Mokkink
Publication date
01-04-2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Quality of Life Research / Issue 4/2016
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2649
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-015-1122-4

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