Assessing risk of bias in studies that evaluate health care interventions: recommendations in the misinformation age

Matthew J. Page; Isabelle Boutron; Camilla Hansen; Douglas G. Altman; Asbjørn Hróbjartsson

doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2018.01.004

Assessing risk of bias in studies that evaluate health care interventions: recommendations in the misinformation age

Matthew J. Page, Isabelle Boutron, Camilla Hansen, Douglas G. Altman, Asbjørn Hróbjartsson

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Abstract

Methods to assess the risk of bias in a way that is reliable, reproducible. and transparent to readers, have evolved over time. Viswanathan et al. recently provided updated recommendations for assessing risk of bias in systematic reviews of health care interventions. We comment on their recommendations and discuss new tools in development that we, as co-convenors and coordinators of the Cochrane Bias Methods Group, are leading, which complement the methods recommended.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	133-136
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume	97
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2018.01.004
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2018

Keywords

Bias
Methodology
Nonrandomized studies
Quality
Randomized trials
Systematic reviews

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Assessing risk of bias in studies that evaluate health care interventions: recommendations in the misinformation age

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