• 1. Information Management Department / Library, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China;2. School of Public Health, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China;
LIU Qin, Email: liuqin81622@163.com
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Objective  To assess the methodology and report quality of Chinese systematic reviews/ meta-analyses on prevention and control of six major diseases in public health.
Methods  Chinese literatures of systematic reviews/ meta-analyses on prevention and control of six major diseases, including cancer, cerebrovascular disease, cardiovascular disease, hepatitis B, tuberculosis, and AIDS were searched in CQVIP, WANFANG Database, CNKI, and the Chinese Biomedical Literature Database from the establishment date to June, 2010. Two researchers independently screened and evaluated the data, disagreements were resolved by discussion. Methodology quality and report quality of included reviews were evaluated by OQAQ scale and PRISMA scale.
Result  Of the 139 literatures included in the analysis, 32 were systematic reviews while 107 were meta-analyses. The highest and lowest scores of methodology quality were 6.5 and 1.5 respectively. The average score was 4.66±0.92 and no literature could meet all nine items. The main problems were insufficient in literatures resource, bias in data selection, lack of rigorous quality assessment for included original studies and so on. The average score of report quality were 15.28±2.91 and the main problems were incomplete report in abstract, data collection and analysis methods, bias control, conclusion and so on.
Conclusion  Both of the methodology quality and report quality of included literatures have problems in different levels, which require to be further improved.

Citation: WANG Jing,LIU Qin,WENG Chunguang,WANG Yang,LI Lei,LEI Xun,ZHANG Fan. Quality Assessment for Chinese Systematic Reviews/Meta-Analyses in Public Health. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2010, 10(12): 1367-1374. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20100598 Copy

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