Journal article
Validation of an index of the quality of review articles
Abstract
The objective of this study was to assess the validity of an index of the scientific quality of research overviews, the Overview Quality Assessment Questionnaire (OQAQ). Thirty-six published review articles were assessed by 9 judges using the OQAQ. Authors reports of what they had done were compared to OQAQ ratings. The sensibility of the OQAQ was assessed using a 13 item questionnaire. Seven a priori hypotheses were used to assess construct …
Authors
Oxman AD; Guyatt GH
Journal
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, Vol. 44, No. 11, pp. 1271–1278
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
1991
DOI
10.1016/0895-4356(91)90160-b
ISSN
0895-4356