Sequeira-Byron, Patrick; Fedorowicz, Zbys; Jagannath, Vanitha A; Sharif, Mohammad Owaise (2011). An AMSTAR assessment of the methodological quality of systematic reviews of oral healthcare interventions published in the Journal of Applied Oral Science (JAOS). Journal of applied oral science, 19(5), pp. 440-7. Bauru (Brazil): University of São Paulo, Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru 10.1590/S1678-77572011000500002
Full text not available from this repository.Systematic reviews are not an assembly of anecdotes but a distillation of current best available evidence on a particular topic and as such have an important role to play in evidence-based healthcare. A substantial proportion of these systematic reviews focus on interventions, and are able to provide clinicians with the opportunity to understand and translate the best available evidence on the effects of these healthcare interventions into clinical practice. The importance of systematic reviews in summarising and identifying the gaps in evidence which might inform new research initiatives is also widely acknowledged. Their potential impact on practice and research makes their methodological quality especially important as it may directly influence their utility for clinicians, patients and policy makers. The objectives of this study were to identify systematic reviews of oral healthcare interventions published in the Journal of Applied Oral Science (JAOS) and to evaluate their methodological quality using the evaluation tool, AMSTAR.
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Journal Article (Further Contribution) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > School of Dental Medicine > Department of Preventive, Restorative and Pediatric Dentistry |
UniBE Contributor: |
Sequeira, Patrick |
ISSN: |
1678-7757 |
Publisher: |
University of São Paulo, Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Eveline Carmen Schuler |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 14:16 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:04 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1590/S1678-77572011000500002 |
PubMed ID: |
21986647 |
Web of Science ID: |
000299004400002 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/4401 (FactScience: 208599) |
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