From: Compliance of systematic reviews in ophthalmology with the PRISMA statement
Section/Topic | No. | Brief description of the item | Compliance |
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TITLE | |||
Title | 1 | Identification of the report | 62 (54%) |
ABSTRACT | |||
Structured summary | 2 | Provide a structured summary | 103 (90%) |
INTRODUCTION | |||
Rationale | 3 | Background rationale | 115 (100%) |
Objectives | 4 | Description of PICOS (Participants, Interventions, Comparisons, and Study design) | 30 (26%) |
METHODS | |||
Protocol and registration | 5 | Indication of review protocol & registration information | 10 (9%) |
Eligibility criteria | 6 | Specification of study and review characteristics used as eligibility criteria | 91 (79%) |
Information sources | 7 | Describe all information sources and date last searched. | 97 (84%) |
Search | 8 | Present repeatable full electronic search strategy for at least one database | 55 (48%) |
Study selection | 9 | State the process for selecting studies | 86 (75%) |
Data collection process | 10 | Describe the method of data extraction | 78 (68%) |
Data items | 11 | Report all variables and any assumptions and simplifications made. | 77 (67%) |
Risk of bias in individual studies | 12 | Describe the methods used to assess the risk of bias of individual studies | 46 (40%) |
Summary measures | 13 | State the principal summary measures | 71 (62%) |
Synthesis of results | 14 | Describe the methods used to handle and analyse the data | 53 (46%) |
Risk of bias across studies | 15 | Specify any assessment of risk of bias that may affect the cumulative evidence | 27 (24%) |
Additional analyses | 16 | Describe methods of additional analyses | 38 (33%) |
RESULTS | |||
Study selection | 17 | Give numbers of studies at each stage of the study. | 73 (64%) |
Study characteristics | 18 | For each study, present characteristics for which data were extracted | 96 (84%) |
Risk of bias within studies | 19 | Present data on risk of bias for each study | 42 (37%) |
Results of individual studies | 20 | Report the summary of each data intervention group and estimates of confidence intervals | 65 (57%) |
Synthesis of results | 21 | Present the results of each meta-analysis | 61 (53%) |
Risk of bias across studies | 22 | Present the results of any assessment of risk of bias across studies | 35 (30%) |
Additional analysis | 23 | Give the results of additional analyses | 33 (29%) |
DISCUSSION | |||
Summary of evidence | 24 | Summarize the main findings, including the strength of the evidence | 98 (85%) |
Limitations | 25 | Discuss limitations at the study, outcome & review levels | 80 (70%) |
Conclusions | 26 | Provide a general interpretation of the results | 110 (96%) |
FUNDING | |||
Funding | 27 | Describe sources of funding & other support | 85 (74%) |
OVERALL ADHERENCE: 15 (56%) |