Guidelines for reporting meta-epidemiological methodology research
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Published research should be reported to evidence users with clarity and transparency that facilitate optimal appraisal and use of evidence and allow replication by other researchers. Guidelines for such reporting are available for several types of studies but not for meta-epidemiological methodology studies. Meta-epidemiological studies adopt a systematic review or meta-analysis approach to examine the impact of certain characteristics of clinical studies on the observed effect and provide empirical evidence for hypothesised associations. The unit of analysis in meta-epidemiological studies is a study, not a patient. The outcomes of meta-epidemiological studies are usually not clinical outcomes. In this guideline, we adapt items from the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) to fit the context of meta-epidemiological studies.
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Results are reported according to meta-epidemiologic study guidelines, which include an adapted PRISMA statement.
“Results are reported according to the said guidelines [22], which include an adapted PRISMA statement [26].”
A risk-of-bias assessment was not completed because bias was not pertinent to the review's research question, as per meta-epidemiologic study guidelines by Murad and Wang.
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- Authors
- Murad, M. H., & Wang, Z.
- Affiliations
- Mayo Clinic (US)
- Corresponding author
- Murad, Mohammad Hassan
- Venue
- Evidence Based Medicine
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2017-07-12
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 139-142
- ISSN
- 1356-5524 (ISSN-L)
- 1473-6810
- PMC
- PMC5537553
- OpenAlex
- W2735796955
- Cited by
- 515
- References
- 24
- Citations by year
- 2026: 61 · 2025: 67 · 2024: 92 · 2023: 62 · 2022: 103 · 2021: 54 · 2020: 43 · 2019: 22 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 2
- FWCI
- 18.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc
- Locations
- BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods in Epidemiology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Keywords
- meta-epidemiology, reporting guidelines, PRISMA, study characteristics, research transparency, reproducibility, systematic reviews
- MeSH terms
- Systematic Reviews as Topic, Humans, Publishing, Quality Control, Meta-Analysis as Topic, Research Report
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