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The development of a critical appraisal tool for use in systematic reviews addressing questions of prevalence
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BACKGROUND: Recently there has been a significant increase in the number of systematic reviews addressing questions of prevalence. Key features of a systematic review include the creation of an a priori protocol, clear inclusion criteria, a structured and systematic search process, critical appraisal of studies, and a formal process of data extraction followed by methods to synthesize, or combine, this data. Currently there exists no standard method for conducting critical appraisal of studies in systematic reviews of prevalence data. METHODS: A working group was created to assess current critical appraisal tools for studies reporting prevalence data and develop a new tool for these studies in systematic reviews of prevalence. Following the development of this tool it was piloted amongst an experienced group of sixteen healthcare researchers. RESULTS: The results of the pilot found that this tool was a valid approach to assessing the methodological quality of studies reporting prevalence data to be included in systematic reviews. Participants found the tool acceptable and easy to use. Some comments were provided which helped refine the criteria. CONCLUSION: The results of this pilot study found that this tool was well-accepted by users and further refinements have been made to the tool based on their feedback. We now put forward this tool for use by authors conducting prevalence systematic reviews.
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The paper describes development and pilot testing of a 10-item critical appraisal tool for studies reporting prevalence data in systematic reviews. In a pilot with 16 experienced healthcare researchers, the tool was rated acceptable, easy to use, timely, and valid by all but one participant, though further psychometric testing was recommended.
Key findings
- The working group found no standard method for critically appraising prevalence studies and developed a tool addressing representative sampling, recruitment, sample size, description of subjects/setting, data coverage, objective measurement, reliability, statistical analysis, confounding, and subpopulation criteria.
- Among 16 pilot participants, mean ease of use was 3.63 on a 5-point scale, with 75% rating it 4 (“easy”); mean acceptability was 4.33, with all participants rating 4 or 5; mean timeliness was 3.94, with 88% rating 4 (“acceptable”).
- All participants except 1 viewed the tool as a valid quality appraisal checklist for prevalence data.
- Feedback led to changes in question order and supporting information, but no changes were made to the individual questions; the tool was to be incorporated into the next Joanna Briggs Institute systematic review package.
Methods
- A Joanna Briggs Institute working group searched for systematic reviews of prevalence data and existing critical appraisal tools, then developed a new tool based on identified criteria and their own knowledge/research; the tool was internally trialed and refined.
- The tool was piloted at the 2013 Joanna Briggs Institute convention in Adelaide in October; attendees appraised a cross-sectional study using the new tool and completed a short survey on face validity, ease of use, acceptability, timeliness, and areas for improvement.
- Sixteen workshop participants completed the task and survey; 13 had an academic/research background, 2 had a health background, and 1 had both, with average research experience of 11 years (range 2.5–30 years).
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- The paper states the tool needs further testing in a larger-scale study to assess other clinimetric properties, particularly construct validity and inter-rater reliability.
- Evident from the text: the pilot assessed only face validity, ease of use, acceptability, and timeliness, with no formal inter-rater reliability or construct validity testing.
- Evident from the text: the pilot used a small convenience sample of 16 workshop attendees, mostly with academic/research backgrounds, which may limit generalizability.
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“The group identified that the major area where prevalence reviews were disparate was in their conduct of critical appraisal or quality assessment of included studies.”
§ The development of a critical appraisal tool for use in systematic reviews addressing questions of prevalence > Introduction
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“Our tool also has the advantage of being simple, easy and quick as shown during the pilot testing.”
§ The development of a critical appraisal tool for use in systematic reviews addressing questions of prevalence > Discussion
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“We have developed this tool as we did not feel that any of the current checklists identified from our search sufficiently addressed important quality issues in prevalence studies.”
§ The development of a critical appraisal tool for use in systematic reviews addressing questions of prevalence > Discussion
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“A pilot test of this tool amongst a group of experienced healthcare professionals and researchers found that this tool had face validity and high levels of acceptability, ease of use and timeliness to complete.”
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“Our tool also has the advantage of being simple, easy and quick as shown during the pilot testing.”
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“Participants found the tool acceptable and easy to use.”
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“participants providing a rating of 4, corresponding to 'easy' .”
§ The development of a critical appraisal tool for use in systematic reviews addressing questions of prevalence > Abstract
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“A number of tools were identified including the Joanna Briggs Institute's Descriptive/Case series critical appraisal tool.”
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“Critical appraisal tools from the Cochrane Collaboration and the Critical Appraisal Skills Program (CASP) were also identified.”
§ The development of a critical appraisal tool for use in systematic reviews addressing questions of prevalence > Developing the Tool
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“A pilot test of this tool amongst a group of experienced healthcare professionals and researchers found that this tool had face validity and high levels of acceptability, ease of use and timeliness to complete.”
§ The development of a critical appraisal tool for use in systematic reviews addressing questions of prevalence > Discussion
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“Out of all the participants, all except 1 viewed the tool as a valid quality appraisal checklist for prevalence data (Table 4).”
§ The development of a critical appraisal tool for use in systematic reviews addressing questions of prevalence > 10.
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“A pilot test of this tool amongst a group of experienced healthcare professionals and researchers found that this tool had face validity and high levels of acceptability, ease of use and timeliness to complete.”
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“Our tool also has the advantage of being simple, easy and quick as shown during the pilot testing.”
§ The development of a critical appraisal tool for use in systematic reviews addressing questions of prevalence > Discussion
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“However, currently there does not appear to be any formal guidance for authors wishing to conduct a review of prevalence.”
§ The development of a critical appraisal tool for use in systematic reviews addressing questions of prevalence > Introduction
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“The average time spent working in research was 11 years, with the minimum being 2.5 years and the maximum experience being 30 years.”
§ The development of a critical appraisal tool for use in systematic reviews addressing questions of prevalence > Results
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“These comments resulted in some changes in the order of the questions of the tool and the supporting information used to assist in judging criteria, although no changes were made to the individual questions.”
§ The development of a critical appraisal tool for use in systematic reviews addressing questions of prevalence > 10.
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“For timeliness, the mean score was 3.94, with 88% providing a score of 4 (acceptable).”
§ The development of a critical appraisal tool for use in systematic reviews addressing questions of prevalence > 10.
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“Of the 16, 13 participants stated they had an academic/research background, 2 said they had a health background, and one said they had both.”
§ The development of a critical appraisal tool for use in systematic reviews addressing questions of prevalence > Results
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“Currently there exists no standard method for conducting critical appraisal of studies in systematic reviews of prevalence data.”
§ The development of a critical appraisal tool for use in systematic reviews addressing questions of prevalence > Abstract
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“| Arithmetic mean | 11.37 | 3.63 | 4.33 | 3.94 |”
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“| 95.00% lower confidence limit | 6.94 | 3.24 | 4.06 | 3.63 |”
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“| 95.00% upper confidence limit | 15.80 | 4.00 | 4.60 | 4.24 |”
§ The development of a critical appraisal tool for use in systematic reviews addressing questions of prevalence > 10. Were subpopulations identified using objective criteria?
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“| Arithmetic mean | 11.37 | 3.63 | 4.33 | 3.94 |”
- Also stated in: § 10. Were subpopulations identified using objective criteria? · plain
“| 95.00% lower confidence limit | 6.94 | 3.24 | 4.06 | 3.63 |”
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“| 95.00% upper confidence limit | 15.80 | 4.00 | 4.60 | 4.24 |”
§ The development of a critical appraisal tool for use in systematic reviews addressing questions of prevalence > 10. Were subpopulations identified using objective criteria?
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“| Arithmetic mean | 11.37 | 3.63 | 4.33 | 3.94 |”
- Also stated in: § 10. Were subpopulations identified using objective criteria? · plain
“| 95.00% lower confidence limit | 6.94 | 3.24 | 4.06 | 3.63 |”
- Also stated in: § 10. Were subpopulations identified using objective criteria? · plain
“| 95.00% upper confidence limit | 15.80 | 4.00 | 4.60 | 4.24 |”
§ The development of a critical appraisal tool for use in systematic reviews addressing questions of prevalence > 10. Were subpopulations identified using objective criteria?
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“| Arithmetic mean | 11.37 | 3.63 | 4.33 | 3.94 |”
- Also stated in: § 10. Were subpopulations identified using objective criteria? · plain
“| 95.00% lower confidence limit | 6.94 | 3.24 | 4.06 | 3.63 |”
- Also stated in: § 10. Were subpopulations identified using objective criteria? · plain
“| 95.00% upper confidence limit | 15.80 | 4.00 | 4.60 | 4.24 |”
§ The development of a critical appraisal tool for use in systematic reviews addressing questions of prevalence > 10. Were subpopulations identified using objective criteria?
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“Sixteen workshop participants completed the critical appraisal task and survey.”
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“The systematic review of evidence has been proposed and is now well-accepted as the ideal method to summarize the literature relating to a certain social or healthcare topic (2,3).”
§ The development of a critical appraisal tool for use in systematic reviews addressing questions of prevalence > Introduction
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- Rests on an assumption: Policy-makers are often faced with conflicting reports of disease prevalence in the literature.
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“Some of the tools [most notably the tool refined by Hoy et al. (20)] contain similar questions to our tool but there are important differences.”
§ The development of a critical appraisal tool for use in systematic reviews addressing questions of prevalence > Discussion
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Policy-makers are often faced with conflicting reports of disease prevalence in the literature.
“However, policy-makers are often faced with conflicting reports of disease prevalence in the literature.”
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User acceptance and face validity of the tool indicate its validity as a quality appraisal checklist.
“The results of the pilot found that this tool was a valid approach to assessing the methodological quality of studies reporting prevalence data to be included in systematic reviews.”
“along with a short survey that was developed to establish the face validity, ease of use, acceptability and timeliness (i.e.time taken to complete) of the tool, and feedback on areas for improvement (23).”
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The working group's search for critical appraisal tools was comprehensive enough to conclude that no standard method exists.
“Currently there exists no standard method for conducting critical appraisal of studies in systematic reviews of prevalence data.”
“The group then searched for critical appraisal tools that have been used to assess studies reporting on prevalence data.”
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The tool's criteria cover all important aspects of methodological quality for prevalence studies.
“The results of the pilot found that this tool was a valid approach to assessing the methodological quality of studies reporting prevalence data to be included in systematic reviews.”
“Based on a review of these criteria and our own knowledge and research we developed a tool specifically for use in systematic reviews of prevalence data.”
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The working group's search for systematic reviews of prevalence was comprehensive enough to conclude that no formal guidance exists.
“However, currently there does not appear to be any formal guidance for authors wishing to conduct a review of prevalence.”
“The working party began by conducting a search for systematic reviews of prevalence data to determine how the methodological quality of studies included in these reviews were assessed.”
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There has been substantial variability in how studies reporting prevalence data are critically appraised.
“Until now there has been substantial variability in how studies reporting prevalence data are critically appraised.”
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Systematic reviews of prevalence and incidence data are becoming increasingly important and popular.
“Systematic reviews of prevalence and incidence data are becoming increasingly important as decision makers realize their usefulness in informing policy and practice.”
“Prevalence systematic reviews are becoming increasingly popular within the research community.”
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Many health problems are not easily diagnosed or defined, and some measures may not be capable of including or excluding appropriate levels or stages of the health problem.
“Many health problems are not easily diagnosed or defined and some measures may not be capable of including or excluding appropriate levels or stages of the health problem.”
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If outcomes are assessed using observer-reported or self-reported scales, the risk of over- or under-reporting is increased, and objectivity is compromised.
“If the outcomes were assessed using observer reported, or self-reported scales, the risk of over-or under-reporting is increased, and objectivity is compromised.”
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Validated measurement tools have a significant impact on outcome assessment validity.
“Importantly, determine if the measurement tools used were validated instruments as this has a significant impact on outcome assessment validity.”
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Considerable judgment is required to determine the presence of some health outcomes.
“Considerable judgment is required to determine the presence of some health outcomes.”
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Differing methods of analysis are based on differing assumptions about the data and how it will respond.
“differing methods of analysis are based on differing assumptions about the data and how it will respond.”
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Prevalence rates found in studies only provide estimates of the true prevalence of a problem in the larger population.
“Prevalence rates found in studies only provide estimates of the true prevalence of a problem in the larger population.”
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Since some subgroups are very small, 95% confidence intervals are usually given.
“Since some subgroups are very small, 95% confidence intervals are usually given.”
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Incidence and prevalence studies often draw or report findings regarding the differences between groups.
“Incidence and prevalence studies often draw or report findings regarding the differences between groups.”
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“Each study included in the systematic review underwent a quality assessment to evaluate the research methodology employed in each study to ensure the reliability and validity of its findings. The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) critical appraisal tools, widely acknowledged and reliable for quality assessment, were used to investigate each study [17].”
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“Study quality assessment To describe the quality of the prevalence data extracted from the included studies, we used The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Critical Appraisal Checklist for crosssectional/prevalence data [8].”
MethodWHO Goals and Beyond: Managing HIV/TB Co-infection in South Africa
Olivier, C., & Luies, L. (2023) · SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine · doi:10.1007/s42399-023-01568-z · Cited by 64
“These studies are of great importance to governments, health professionals, policymakers, and the public sector of a country as they report on the development of diseases and the success of health care delivered in an attempt to stop the disease from spreading [74].”
BackgroundGaber, C. E., Sarker, J., Abdelaziz, A., Okpara, E., Lee, T. A., Klempner, S. J., & Nipp, R. D. (2024) · Cancer Medicine · doi:10.1002/cam4.7076 · Cited by 53
Hackett, K. L., Gotts, Z. M., Ellis, J. G., Deary, V., Rapley, T., Ng, W., Newton, J. L., & Deane, K. H. (2016) · Lara D. Veeken · doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kew443 · Cited by 48
Pormohammad, A., Mohtavinejad, N., Gholizadeh, P., Dabiri, H., Chirani, A. S., Hashemi, A., & Nasiri, M. J. (2018) · Journal of Cellular Physiology · doi:10.1002/jcp.27114 · Cited by 51
Zeng, R. W., Ong, C. E. Y., Ong, E. Y. H., Chung, C. H., Lim, W. H., Xiao, J., Danpanichkul, P., Law, J. H., Syn, N., Chee, D., et al. (2024) · Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology · doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2024.06.026 · Cited by 47
Wolff, A. C., Dresselhuis, A., Hejazi, S., Dixon, D., Gibson, D., Howard, A. F., Liva, S., Astle, B., Kirkham, S. R., Noonan, V. K., et al. (2021) · Systematic Reviews · doi:10.1186/s13643-021-01725-2 · Cited by 47
“Similarly, the JBI checklists for analytical cross-sectional [42] and prevalence survey [45, 46] studies were modified to include four additional questions about the research questions, research methods, ethical approval, and justified conclusions [47–49].”
MethodAge at adiposity rebound and the relevance for obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Zhou, J., Zhang, F., Qin, X., Li, P., Teng, Y., Zhang, S., Tao, F., & Huang, K. (2022) · International Journal of Obesity · doi:10.1038/s41366-022-01120-4 · Cited by 58
“For studies reporting the prevalence of EAR that were eventually included in the meta-analysis, we also assessed the quality and risk of bias of studies using the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) tool [30], which was used by authors conducting systematic reviews, particularly on prevalence.”
MethodHarder, T. (2014) · International Journal of Health Policy and Management · doi:10.15171/ijhpm.2014.99 · Cited by 47
Anisakis sensitization in different population groups and public health impact: A systematic review
Mazzucco, W., Raia, D. D., Marotta, C., Costa, A., Ferrantelli, V., Vitale, F. M., & Casuccio, A. (2018) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0203671 · Cited by 47
Systematic literature review of psychological interventions for first responders
Alden, L. E., Matthews, L. R., Wagner, S. L., Fyfe, T., Randall, C., Regehr, C., White, M., Buys, N. J., Carey, M. G., Corneil, W., et al. (2020) · Work & Stress · doi:10.1080/02678373.2020.1758833 · Cited by 46
“As a final step in the reviewing process, the team conducted a quality assessment of each article using a modified version of Munn’s Prevalence Critical Appraisal Instrument (Munn et al., 2014) that added two additional items relevant to intervention to the original ten items.”
MethodOhiolei, J. A., Li, L., Ebhodaghe, F. I., Yan, H., Isaac, C., Bo, X., Fu, B., & Jia, W. (2020) · Transboundary and Emerging Diseases · doi:10.1111/tbed.13571 · Cited by 46
Silva, B. S. D. F., Batista, D. C. R., Roriz, C. F. D. S., Silva, L. R., Normando, A. G. C., Santos‐Silva, A. R., Silva, M. A. G., & Yamamoto‐Silva, F. P. (2021) · Clinical Oral Investigations · doi:10.1007/s00784-021-04008-1 · Cited by 46
“Joanna Briggs Institute Critical Appraisal Checklist for studies reporting prevalence data [21] was used to evaluate the methodological quality of the included studies (Appendix 3).”
MethodPrevalence of concomitant traumatic cranio-spinal injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Pandrich, M. J., & Demetriades, A. K. (2018) · Neurosurgical Review · doi:10.1007/s10143-018-0988-3 · Cited by 46
“deemed to have a low or high risk of bias for each item [22, 29].”
BackgroundChronic pain and frequent use of emergency department: A systematic review
Dépelteau, A., Racine-Hemmings, F., Lagueux, É., & Hudon, C. (2019) · The American Journal of Emergency Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2019.158492 · Cited by 46
Oxman, M., Larun, L., Pérez‐Gaxiola, G., Alsaid, D., Qasim, A., Rose, C. J., Bischoff, K., & Oxman, A. D. (2021) · F1000Research · doi:10.12688/f1000research.52894.1 · Cited by 46
Sukri, A., Lopes, B. S., & Hanafiah, A. (2021) · Antibiotics · doi:10.3390/antibiotics10091061 · Cited by 47
“The quality of included studies was assessed as previously described [50], in which the score of study quality ranged from 0 to 8.”
BackgroundEikenboom, E. L., Lam, A., Rodríguez‐Girondo, M., van Asperen, C. J., Dinjens, W. N. M., Hofstra, R. M. W., van Leerdam, M. E., Morreau, H. M., Spaander, M. C. W., Wagner, A., et al. (2021) · Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology · doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2021.04.021 · Cited by 45
“Potential bias in studies was assessed according to the Joanna Briggs Institute critical appraisal tool for prevalence studies.(19) Studies were scored based on 9 questions: sample frame, whether the study participants were sampled in the appropriate way, adequate sample size, description of study subjects, data analy…”
MethodLevator ani avulsion: a Systematic evidence review (LASER)
Rušavý, Z., Paymova, L., Kozerovsky, M., Veverkova, A. M., Kališ, V., Kamel, R., & Ismail, K. (2021) · BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology · doi:10.1111/1471-0528.16837 · Cited by 45
Prieto, M. D., Alam, M. E., Franciosi, A. N., & Quon, B. S. (2022) · ERJ Open Research · doi:10.1183/23120541.00336-2022 · Cited by 46
A Meta-analysis on Associated Risk of Mortality in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Fu, C. E., Ng, C. H., Yong, J. N., Chan, K. E., Xiao, J., Nah, B. K. Y., Bong, S. H. S., Win, K. M., Bwa, A. H., Lim, W. H., et al. (2022) · Endocrine Practice · doi:10.1016/j.eprac.2022.10.007 · Cited by 46
Burden of Shigella in South Asia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Muzembo, B. A., Kitahara, K., Mitra, D., Ohno, A., Khatiwada, J., Dutta, S., & Miyoshi, S. (2022) · Journal of Travel Medicine · doi:10.1093/jtm/taac132 · Cited by 48
Guidance to best tools and practices for systematic reviews
Kolaski, K., Logan, L. R., & Ioannidis, J. P. A. (2023) · JBI Evidence Synthesis · doi:10.11124/jbies-23-00139 · Cited by 57
Prevalência de lombalgia na população idosa brasileira: revisão sistemática com metanálise
Leopoldino, A. A. O., Diz, J. B. M., Martins, V. T., Henschke, N., Pereira, L. S. M., Dias, R. C., & Oliveira, V. C. (2016) · Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia · doi:10.1016/j.rbr.2016.01.004 · Cited by 45
Gray, A. C., Steel, A., & Adams, J. (2019) · BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine · doi:10.1186/s12906-019-2466-z · Cited by 45
“Identified studies were evaluated using the STROBE, SRQP and MMAT appraisal tools.”
MethodInfluentialPersistence in Problematic Internet Use—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Dahl, D., & Bergmark, K. H. (2020) · Frontiers in Sociology · doi:10.3389/fsoc.2020.00030 · Cited by 46
Chang, Y., Li, K. Y. C., Li, K. Y. C., Beake, S., Lok, K. Y. W., & Bick, D. (2021) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rstb.2020.0033 · Cited by 54
“The ConQual process [10,13] was followed to evaluate confidence in the level of evidence for each synthesized finding.”
MethodPrevalence and incidence of venous leg ulcers—a protocol for a systematic review
Probst, S., Weller, C. D., Bobbink, P., Saini, C., Pugliese, M., Skinner, M. B., & Gethin, G. (2021) · Systematic Reviews · doi:10.1186/s13643-021-01697-3 · Cited by 44
“To assess the methodological quality of the included studies, the quality appraisal tool for systematic reviews of prevalence data will be used [18].”
MethodHughes, J. E., Waldron, C., Bennett, K., & Cahir, C. (2023) · Drugs & Aging · doi:10.1007/s40266-022-01001-5 · Cited by 52
“) using the JBI critical appraisal tool for prevalence studies [39, 40].”
MethodThe global prevalence of reported penicillin allergy: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Luintel, A., Healy, J., Blank, M., Luintel, A., Dryden, S., Das, A., Darzi, A. W., & Cooke, G. (2025) · Journal of Infection · doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2025.106429 · Cited by 44
Carnauba, R. A., Chaves, D. F. S., Baptistella, A. B., Paschoal, V., Naves, A., & Buehler, A. M. (2016) · International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition · doi:10.1080/09637486.2016.1229761 · Cited by 44
“For the cross-sectional study, we used the Prevalence Critical Appraisal Instrument developed by Munn et al. (2014).”
MethodWilke, J., Hespanhol, L., & Behrens, M. (2019) · Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine · doi:10.1177/2325967119888500 · Cited by 44
Prevalence of Neonatal Sepsis in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Assemie, M. A., Alene, M., Yismaw, L., Ketema, D. B., Lamore, Y., Petrucka, P. M., & Alemu, S. (2020) · International Journal of Pediatrics · doi:10.1155/2020/6468492 · Cited by 44
“We had performed a critical appraisal of the research evidence to assess the methodological quality of a study to determine the extent to which a study has addressed the possibility of bias in its design, conduct, and analysis using a standardized data appraisal format adapted from the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) ch…”
MethodAyano, G., Duko, B., & Bedaso, A. (2020) · Psychiatric Quarterly · doi:10.1007/s11126-020-09849-9 · Cited by 44
Psychological factors and performance in women’s football: A systematic review
Pettersen, S. D., Adolfsen, F., & Martinussen, M. (2021) · Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports · doi:10.1111/sms.14043 · Cited by 44
“It consisted of selected items from the “JBI Critical Appraisal Checklist for Studies Reporting Prevalence Data” 30 and aspects from the validity system outlined by Shadish et al., 31 addressing sampling and rep-resentativeness, statistical analyses, the quality of measures (reliability and validity), and research des…”
Acute bacterial meningitis in Iran: systematic review and meta-analysis
Houri, H., Pormohammad, A., Riahi, S. M., Nasiri, M. J., Fallah, F., Dabiri, H., & Pouriran, R. (2017) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0169617 · Cited by 43
Gowens, P., Smith, K. L., Clegg, G. R., Williams, B. A., & Nehme, Z. (2022) · Resuscitation · doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2022.03.026 · Cited by 43
Adamis, D., Flynn, C., Wrigley, M., Gavin, B. E., & McNicholas, F. (2022) · Journal of Attention Disorders · doi:10.1177/10870547221085503 · Cited by 47
“The same two authors (DA, CF), also independently rated all studies using the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Critical Appraisal Checklist for Studies Reporting Prevalence Data (Munn et al., 2014).”
MethodCaravaca-Sánchez, F., Aizpurúa, E., & Wolff, N. (2022) · Trauma Violence & Abuse · doi:10.1177/15248380221130358 · Cited by 43
“Study quality was assessed using the Joana Briggs Institute (JBI) critical appraisal tool for prevalence studies (Munn et al., 2014).”
MethodErrázuriz, A., Avello-Vega, D., Ramírez-Mahaluf, J. P., Torres, R., Crossley, N. A., Undurraga, E. A., & Jones, P. B. (2023) · The Lancet Regional Health - Americas · doi:10.1016/j.lana.2023.100587 · Cited by 52
“47 A sensitivity analysis was conducted to determine if studies meeting eligibility criteria, but only reporting prevalence for age-speci fi c subgroups should be excluded from the study (Supplementary pp 19, 21).”
BackgroundNoret, N. F., Hunter, S. C., & Rasmussen, S. A. (2018) · Journal of School Violence · doi:10.1080/15388220.2017.1423492 · Cited by 42
Palmowski, A., Buttgereit, T., Palmowski, Y., Nielsen, S. M., Boers, M., Christensen, R., & Buttgereit, F. (2018) · Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism · doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2018.10.017 · Cited by 43
“Risk of bias Two reviewers (AP and TB) independently assessed risk of bias of the included PBS using the newest version of the Joanna Briggs Institute Critical Appraisal Checklist for Prevalence Studies.[29, 30] Discussion resolved rating discrepancies.”
MethodDhana, A., Hamada, Y., Kengne, A. P., Kerkhoff, A. D., Rangaka, M. X., Kredo, T., Baddeley, A., Miller, C., Gupta‐Wright, A., Fielding, K., et al. (2022) · The Lancet HIV · doi:10.1016/s2352-3018(22)00002-9 · Cited by 48
Toxoplasma gondii infection and spontaneous abortion: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Kalantari, N., Gorgani-Firouzjaee, T., Moulana, Z., Chehrazi, M., & Ghaffari, S. (2021) · Microbial Pathogenesis · doi:10.1016/j.micpath.2021.105070 · Cited by 42
Rastogi, A., Manthey, J., Wiemker, V., & Probst, C. (2021) · Addiction · doi:10.1111/add.15777 · Cited by 42
Mai, A. S., Lim, O. Z.-H., Ho, Y. J., Kong, G., Lim, G. E. H., Ng, C. H., Ho, C. S. H., Ho, R., Lim, Y., Kuntjoro, I., et al. (2022) · Frontiers in Medicine · doi:10.3389/fmed.2022.765461 · Cited by 46
“Quality assessment of included articles was done with the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Critical Appraisal Tool (24).”
MethodPrevalence of awake Bruxism: A systematic review
de Oliveira, J. M. D., Pauletto, P., Massignan, C., D’Souza, N. L., Gonçalves, D. A. D. G., Flores‐Mir, C., & Canto, G. D. L. (2023) · Journal of Dentistry · doi:10.1016/j.jdent.2023.104715 · Cited by 46
Ghia, C. J., Dhar, R., Koul, P. A., Rambhad, G. S., & Fletcher, M. A. (2019) · Clinical Medicine Insights Circulatory Respiratory and Pulmonary Medicine · doi:10.1177/1179548419862790 · Cited by 46
Rahimi, J., Gholami, J., Amin‐Esmaeili, M., Fotouhi, A., Rafiemanesh, H., Shadloo, B., & Rahimi‐Movaghar, A. (2019) · Addiction · doi:10.1111/add.14853 · Cited by 42
Autonomic dysfunction and sudden death in patients with Rett syndrome: a systematic review
Singh, J., Lanzarini, E., & Santosh, P. (2020) · Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience · doi:10.1503/jpn.190033 · Cited by 45
Dall’Ora, C., Griffiths, P., Hope, J., Barker, H., & Smith, G. B. (2020) · Journal of Clinical Nursing · doi:10.1111/jocn.15202 · Cited by 43
Hosseini, M., Moghaddam, A. S., Derakhshan, S. S., Hashemipour, S. M. A., Hadadi‐Fishani, M., Pirouzi, A., & Khaledi, A. (2020) · Microbial Drug Resistance · doi:10.1089/mdr.2020.0001 · Cited by 42
The mental and physical health of older offenders: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Solares, C., Dobrosavljevic, M., Larsson, H., Cortese, S., & Andershed, H. (2020) · Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.07.043 · Cited by 43
“Two authors (CS and MD) independently assessed the quality and risk of bias of the included studies using the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Critical Appraisal Checklist for Studies Reporting Prevalence Data (Munn et al., 2014).”
A network meta-analysis of direct oral anticoagulants for portal vein thrombosis in cirrhosis
Ng, C. H., Tan, D. J. H., Nistala, K. R. Y., Syn, N. L. X., Xiao, J., Tan, E. X. X., Woo, F. Z., Chew, N., Huang, D. Q., Dan, Y. Y., et al. (2021) · Hepatology International · doi:10.1007/s12072-021-10247-x · Cited by 43
“Cohort and single-arm studies were graded with the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) quality assessment [38].”
MethodRiahi, S., Ahmadi, E., & Zeinali, T. (2021) · International Journal of Microbiology · doi:10.1155/2021/1499869 · Cited by 36
Bruce, M., Young, J. M., Masters, D. G., Refshauge, G., Thompson, A. N., Kenyon, P. R., Behrendt, R., Lockwood, A. L., Miller, D. W., & Jacobson, C. (2021) · Preventive Veterinary Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.prevetmed.2021.105478 · Cited by 41
Plasmodium vivax epidemiology in Ethiopia 2000-2020: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Ketema, T., Bacha, K., Getahun, K., Portillo, H. A. D., & Bassat, Q. (2021) · PLoS neglected tropical diseases · doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0009781 · Cited by 44
Drug-Related Problems in Hospitalised Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review
Alruqayb, W. S., Price, M. J., Paudyal, V., & Cox, A. R. (2021) · Drug Safety · doi:10.1007/s40264-021-01099-3 · Cited by 41
“4 Quality Assessment Two reviewers (WA and AC) independently critically appraised the included studies for the systematic review, any disagreement solved by discussion, using the Joanna Briggs Institute critical appraisal checklist for studies reporting prevalence data tool [31].”
MethodWarren, N., O’Gorman, C., Horgan, I., Weeratunga, M., Halstead, S., Moussiopoulou, J., Campana, M., Yakimov, V., Wagner, E. M., & Siskind, D. J. (2024) · Schizophrenia Research · doi:10.1016/j.schres.2024.02.001 · Cited by 41
“Quality assessment of all studies was performed using modified Johanna Briggs Institute critical appraisal tools for cohort studies and case series (Munn et al., 2014).”
MethodWebb, S. S., Yates, D., Manresa, M., Parsons, M., MacArthur, C., & Ismail, K. (2016) · International Urogynecology Journal · doi:10.1007/s00192-016-3226-y · Cited by 41
Orthopaedic manifestations within the 22q11.2 Deletion syndrome: A systematic review
Homans, J. F., Tromp, I. N., Colo, D., Schlösser, T. P. C., Kruyt, M. C., Deeney, V. F. X., Crowley, T. B., McDonald‐McGinn, D. M., & Castelein, R. M. (2017) · American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A · doi:10.1002/ajmg.a.38545 · Cited by 41
Santana, K. H., Oliveira, L. G. R., de Castro, D. B., & Pereira, M. E. (2020) · Tropical Medicine & International Health · doi:10.1111/tmi.13398 · Cited by 41
“20 [3-38] 4 [3-7] 3 [3-5] 1 [0-5] 0 No data”
MethodSurial, B., Wyser, D., Béguelin, C., Mena, A. R., Rauch, A., & Wandeler, G. (2020) · Liver International · doi:10.1111/liv.14744 · Cited by 41
Wilcoxon, L., Meiser-Stedman, R., & Burgess, A. (2021) · Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review · doi:10.1007/s10567-021-00367-z · Cited by 37
Vilar‐Compte, M., Pérez‐Escamilla, R., Orta‐Aleman, D., Cruz‐Villalba, V., Segura‐Pérez, S., Nyhan, K., & Richter, L. (2022) · Maternal and Child Nutrition · doi:10.1111/mcn.13345 · Cited by 41
“The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) critical appraisal checklists were used to assess the quality of studies (Munn et al., 2014).”
MethodBuchanan-Hughes, A., Bobrowska, A., Visintin, C., Attilakos, G., & Marshall, J. (2020) · Systematic Reviews · doi:10.1186/s13643-020-01355-0 · Cited by 40
“Pre-specified tools used to assess the quality and risk of bias of each study included in the review were the following: JBI Critical Appraisal Checklist for Studies Reporting Prevalence Data for epidemiological studies [28], Centre for Evidence Based Medicine Prognostic Studies Critical Table 1 Key questions for the…”
MethodRestar, A., Nguyen, M., Nguyen, K., Adia, A. C., Nazareno, J., Yoshioka, E., Hernandez, L., & Operario, D. (2018) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0207663 · Cited by 40
A systematic review of the epidemiology of Hepatitis E virus infection in South – Eastern Asia
Raji, Y. E., Ooi, P. T., Taib, N. M., & Sekawi, Z. (2020) · Virulence · doi:10.1080/21505594.2020.1865716 · Cited by 40
“The quality of each article was then evaluated based on the prevalence critical appraisal instrument developed by [22] for seroprevalence studies and the critical appraisal checklist by [23] for case series and outbreak studies.”
MethodMental health interventions in non-elite sport: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Sutcliffe, J., Graupensperger, S. A., Schweickle, M. J., Rice, S., Swann, C., & Vella, S. A. (2021) · International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology · doi:10.1080/1750984x.2021.2001839 · Cited by 40
“Previous work reports that the JBI is a well-accepted and valid tool to evaluate the methodological quality of studies included in systematic reviews (Munn et al., 2014).”
MethodNicholls-Clow, R., Simmonds‐Buckley, M., & Waller, G. (2024) · Clinical Psychology Review · doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2024.102502 · Cited by 39
Prevalence of constipation in people with intellectual disability: A systematic review
Robertson, J., Baines, S., Emerson, E., & Hatton, C. (2017) · Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability · doi:10.3109/13668250.2017.1310829 · Cited by 39
Liang, H., Liang, W., Жао, Л., Liu, Z., Wang, W., He, J., Zeng, Y., Huang, W., Wang, M., He, J., et al. (2018) · World Journal of Surgery · doi:10.1007/s00268-018-4681-z · Cited by 39
“The Joanna Briggs Institute Prevalence Critical Appraisal Tool was used to assess the quality of included studies [8].”
MethodAssociation of Diagnostic Criteria With Urinary Tract Infection Prevalence in Bronchiolitis
McDaniel, C. E., Ralston, S. L., Lucas, B., & Schroeder, A. R. (2019) · Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine · doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.5091 · Cited by 39
Hussien, M., & Azage, M. (2021) · ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research · doi:10.2147/ceor.s306855 · Cited by 39
“We used the critical appraisal tool for use in systematic reviews of prevalence studies developed and tested by Munn et al (2014) to assess the methodological quality of crosssectional studies, including the quantitative part of mixed method-studies.(20) The tool comprises 10 items related to the internal and external…”
MethodChanges in Disordered Eating Behaviors over 10 or More Years: A Meta-Analysis
Romano, K. A., Heron, K. E., Amerson, R., Howard, L. M., MacIntyre, R. I., & Mason, T. B. (2020) · International Journal of Eating Disorders · doi:10.1002/eat.23288 · Cited by 36
Dutta, G., Rajendran, N., Kumar, T., Varthya, S. B., & Rajendran, V. (2023) · Cureus · doi:10.7759/cureus.33590 · Cited by 42
“Quality assessment/risk of bias (ROB) Using the Joanna Briggs Institute's (JBI) Critical Appraisal tool for systematic reviews of prevalence studies, we evaluated the study's methodology which was shown in Table 1 [14,15].”
MethodSong, M., Rubin, B., Ha, J. W., Ware, R. S., Doan, T. N., & Harley, D. (2023) · Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry · doi:10.1177/00048674221149864 · Cited by 38
“Critical appraisal of included studies Risk of bias of the included studies were assessed using a 5-item tool based on Hoy’s (Hoy et al., 2012) and The Joanna Briggs Institute Prevalence Critical Appraisal Tool (Munn et al., 2014) (Table A1 in Supplemental Appendix A).”
MethodXie, H., Jiang, Y., Liu, L., Peng, H., Li, J., & Chen, Z. (2023) · Journal of Psychosomatic Research · doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2023.111537 · Cited by 44
Vassallo, A. J., Trevor, B. L., Mota, L., Pappas, E., & Hiller, C. E. (2018) · Journal of Sports Sciences · doi:10.1080/02640414.2018.1544538 · Cited by 38
Glasgow, M. J., Edlin, R. P., & Harding, J. E. (2020) · BMJ Open · doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037324 · Cited by 37
Meta-analysis of studies on depression prevalence among diabetes mellitus patients in Africa
Ogunsakin, R. E., Olugbara, O. O., Moyo, S., & Israel, C. (2021) · Heliyon · doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07085 · Cited by 43
Xiao, J., Yong, J. N., Ng, C. H., Syn, N. L. X., Lim, W. H., Tan, D. J. H., Tan, E. Y., Huang, D. Q., Wong, R. C.-C., Chew, N., et al. (2021) · Liver Transplantation · doi:10.1002/lt.26331 · Cited by 36
Wen, B., Dong, N., Ouyang, Z.-R., Qin, P., Yang, J., Wang, W., Qiang, C., Li, Z., Niu, Y.-N., & Zhao, J. (2023) · International Journal of Infectious Diseases · doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2023.03.009 · Cited by 37
Zhou, S., Hu, X., Wang, Y., Fei, W., Sheng, Y., & Que, H. (2024) · Diabetes Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity · doi:10.2147/dmso.s446911 · Cited by 37
“15 The checklist was divided into three categories of risk of bias, depending on the number of met criteria: high (0–3 items), moderate (4–7 items), and low (8– 10 items).”
BackgroundYuan, M., Liu, J., & Zhong, B. (2024) · General Psychiatry · doi:10.1136/gpsych-2023-101216 · Cited by 37
Burnout Among Social Workers in Social Services: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prevalence
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“Study quality was assessed using the Joana Briggs Institute (JBI) critical appraisal tool for prevalence studies (Munn et al., 2014).”
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“Any disagreement was resolved via discussion among the authors (13).”
BackgroundMental Disorders in Firefighters Following Large-Scale Disaster
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“For quality assessment, we used the JBI Critical Appraisal Checklist for prevalence studies (Munn et al., 2014), but did not exclude ones at high risk of bias from further analysis.”
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“Two reviewers independently assessed the quality of all the included studies using a 9-item tool in the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Prevalence Critical Appraisal Checklist, where each item is scored on a scale of 0–1, with 0 for “No” or “Unclear,” and 1 for “Yes” (25).”
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“17,18 Two independent reviewers performed the appraisal, and any discrepancies were resolved by a third reviewer.”
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“For systematic reviews and meta-analyses, the AMSTAR 2 checklist was used to evaluate methodological rigor(Munn et al. 2014; Peterson et al. 2011 ).”
Metadata
- Authors
- Munn, Z., Moola, S., Riitano, D., & Lisy, K.
- Affiliations
- The University of Adelaide (AU)
- Venue
- International Journal of Health Policy and Management
- Publisher
- Maad Rayan Publishing Company
- Published
- 2014
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 123-128
- ISSN
- 2322-5939 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4154549
- OpenAlex
- W2167191881
- Semantic Scholar
- 834402d2ae3882ab962ec84179a5857fc9bd890b
- Cited by
- 1,479
- References
- 23
- Citations by year
- 2026: 145 · 2025: 166 · 2024: 177 · 2023: 193 · 2022: 220 · 2021: 172 · 2020: 151 · 2019: 93 · 2018: 73 · 2017: 37 · 2016: 39 · 2015: 11 · 2014: 2
- FWCI
- 8.12
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- International Journal of Health Policy and Management (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Information System of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences (Ardabil University of Medical Sciences) (acceptedVersion)
- SSRN Electronic Journal (submittedVersion)
- Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide) (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods in Epidemiology
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Delphi Technique in Research
- Keywords
- critical appraisal tools, prevalence, systematic reviews, methodological quality assessment, prevalence data, tool development, pilot study
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