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Updated Method Guidelines for Systematic Reviews in the Cochrane Collaboration Back Review Group

van Tulder, Maurits, Furlan, Andrea, Bombardier, Claire, Bouter, Lex·2003·Spine

DOI 10.1097/01.brs.0000065484.95996.af

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STUDY DESIGN: Descriptive method guidelines. OBJECTIVES: To help reviewers design, conduct, and report reviews of trials in the field of back and neck pain. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: In 1997, the Cochrane Collaboration Back Review Group published method guidelines for systematic reviews. Since its publication, new methodologic evidence emerged and more experience was acquired in conducting reviews. METHODS: All reviews and protocols of the Back Review Group were assessed for compliance with the 1997 method guidelines. Also, the most recent version of the Cochrane Handbook (4.1) was checked for new recommendations. In addition, some important topics that were not addressed in the 1997 method guidelines were included (e.g., methods for qualitative analysis, reporting of conclusions, and discussion of clinical relevance of the results). In May 2002, preliminary results were presented and discussed in a workshop. In two rounds, a list of all possible recommendations and the final draft were circulated for comments among the editors of the Back Review Group. RESULTS: The recommendations are divided in five categories: literature search, inclusion criteria, methodologic quality assessment, data extraction, and data analysis. Each recommendation is classified in minimum criteria and further guidance. Additional recommendations are included regarding assessment of clinical relevance, and reporting of results and conclusions. CONCLUSIONS: Systematic reviews need to be conducted as carefully as the trials they report and, to achieve full impact, systematic reviews need to meet high methodologic standards.

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Authors: van Tulder, M., Furlan, A., Bombardier, C., & Bouter, L.
Affiliations: Institute for Work & Health (CA)
Mount Sinai Hospital (CA)
Corresponding author: Bouter, Lex
ORCID: Furlan, Andrea
Bombardier, Claire
Bouter, Lex
Venue: Spine
Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Published: 2003-06
Volume: 28
Issue: 12
Pages: 1290-1299
ISSN: 0362-2436 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000065484.95996.af
OpenAlex: W2064296154
Cited by: 2,180
References: 46
Citations by year: 2026: 48 · 2025: 56 · 2024: 91 · 2023: 76 · 2022: 102 · 2021: 118 · 2020: 114 · 2019: 107 · 2018: 107 · 2017: 119 · 2016: 102 · 2015: 125 · 2014: 120 · 2013: 141 · 2012: 125
FWCI: 12.53
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Spine (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Digital Academic REpository of VU University Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) (submittedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Clinical practice guidelines implementation
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Delphi Technique in Research
Keywords: systematic review methodology, back pain, neck pain, methodological quality assessment, data extraction, literature searching, inclusion criteria, clinical relevance, result reporting
MeSH terms: Systematic Reviews as Topic, Back Pain, Compliance, Humans, International Agencies, Peer Review, Periodicals as Topic, Meta-Analysis as Topic, Neck Pain

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