Journal article
Risk of bias assessment of sequence generation: a study of 100 systematic reviews of trials
Abstract
BackgroundSystematic reviews of randomised trials guide policy and healthcare decisions. Yet, we observed that some reviews judge randomised trials as high or unclear risk of bias (ROB) for sequence generation, potentially introducing bias. However, to date, the extent of this issue has not been well examined. We evaluated the consistency in the ROB assessment for sequence generation of randomised trials in Cochrane and non-Cochrane reviews, …
Authors
Wuytack F; Regan M; Biesty L; Meskell P; Lutomski JE; O’Donnell M; Treweek S; Devane D
Journal
Systematic Reviews, Vol. 8, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
December 2019
DOI
10.1186/s13643-018-0924-1
ISSN
2046-4053