Methods to systematically review and meta-analyse observational studies: a systematic scoping review of recommendations

A scoping review on the conduct and reporting of scoping reviews

(2016) Andrea C. Tricco et al.   BMC Medical Research Methodology

Systematic reviews on neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders linked to pesticide exposure: Methodological features and impact on risk assessment

(2016) Antonio F. Hernández et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Innovative tools for quality assessment: integrated quality criteria for review of multiple study designs (ICROMS)

(2016) W. Zingg et al.   PUBLIC HEALTH

ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions

(2016) Jonathan AC Sterne et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions

(2016) Jonathan AC Sterne et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

A nephrology guide to reading and using systematic reviews of observational studies

(2015) Pietro Ravani et al.   NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION

Scoping reviews: time for clarity in definition, methods, and reporting

(2014) Heather L. Colquhoun et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Combining randomized and non-randomized evidence in clinical research: a review of methods and applications

(2014) Pablo E. Verde et al.   Research Synthesis Methods

Meta-analyses including data from observational studies

(2013) Annette M. O’Connor et al.   PREVENTIVE VETERINARY MEDICINE

Non-randomized studies as a source of complementary, sequential or replacement evidence for randomized controlled trials in systematic reviews on the effects of interventions

(2013) Holger J. Schünemann et al.   Research Synthesis Methods

Checklists of methodological issues for review authors to consider when including non-randomized studies in systematic reviews

(2013) George A Wells et al.   Research Synthesis Methods

A systematic method for search term selection in systematic reviews

(2013) Jenna Thompson et al.   Research Synthesis Methods

Practicalities of using a modified version of the Cochrane Collaboration risk of bias tool for randomised and non-randomised study designs applied in a health technology assessment setting

(2013) Clare Robertson et al.   Research Synthesis Methods

The importance of adjusting for potential confounders in Bayesian hierarchical models synthesising evidence from randomised and non-randomised studies: an application comparing treatments for abdominal aortic aneurysms

(2012) C Elizabeth McCarron et al.   BMC Medical Research Methodology

Transformations of summary statistics as input in meta-analysis for linear dose-response models on a logarithmic scale: a methodology developed within EURRECA

(2012) Olga W Souverein et al.   BMC Medical Research Methodology

Systematic reviews synthesized evidence without consistent quality assessment of primary studies examining epidemiology of chronic diseases

(2012) Tatyana Shamliyan et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Issues relating to confounding and meta-analysis when including non-randomized studies in systematic reviews on the effects of interventions

(2012) Jeffrey C. Valentine et al.   Research Synthesis Methods

Issues relating to selective reporting when including non-randomized studies in systematic reviews on the effects of healthcare interventions

(2012) Susan L Norris et al.   Research Synthesis Methods

Issues relating to study design and risk of bias when including non-randomized studies in systematic reviews on the effects of interventions

(2012) Julian PT Higgins et al.   Research Synthesis Methods

Commentary: Adjusting for bias: a user's guide to performing plastic surgery on meta-analyses of observational studies

(2011) J. P. A. Ioannidis   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

GRADE guidelines: 7. Rating the quality of evidence—inconsistency

(2011) Gordon H. Guyatt et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

GRADE guidelines: 3. Rating the quality of evidence

(2011) Howard Balshem et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

GRADE guidelines: 5. Rating the quality of evidence—publication bias

(2011) Gordon H. Guyatt et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

GRADE guidelines: 4. Rating the quality of evidence—study limitations (risk of bias)

(2011) Gordon H. Guyatt et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

A proposed method of bias adjustment for meta-analyses of published observational studies

(2010) Simon Thompson et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

GRADE guidelines: 2. Framing the question and deciding on important outcomes

(2010) Gordon H. Guyatt et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

More Than the Sum of Its Parts: Meta-Analysis and Its Potential to Discover Sources of Heterogeneity in Psychosomatic Medicine

(2010) Lineke M. Tak et al.   PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE

Methodological Issues in Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Observational Studies in Orthopaedic Research

(2009) Nicole Simunovic et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUME

Not only randomized controlled trials, but also case series should be considered in systematic reviews of rapidly developing technologies

(2009) Duncan Chambers et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Synthesis of observational studies should consider credibility ceilings

(2009) Georgia Salanti et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Systematic review data extraction: cross-sectional study showed that experience did not increase accuracy

(2009) Jennifer Horton et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Difference-based meta-analytic procedures for between-participant and/or within-participant designs: A tutorial review for sports and exercise scientists

(2009) Derek Ashford et al.   JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCES

Poor reporting and inadequate searches were apparent in systematic reviews of adverse effects

(2008) Su Golder et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Meta-analysis in medical research: Potentials and limitations

(2007) Marcel Zwahlen et al.   UROLOGIC ONCOLOGY-SEMINARS AND ORIGINAL INVESTIGATIONS