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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Predictors of Higher Quality of Systematic Reviews Addressing Nutrition and Cancer Prevention.

Dawid Storman, Magdalena Koperny, Joanna Zając, Maciej Polak, Paulina Weglarz, Justyna Bochenek-Cibor, Mateusz J Swierz, Wojciech Staskiewicz, Magdalena Gorecka, Anna Skuza and 3 more

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dawid StormanChair of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Department of Hygiene and Dietetics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-034 Krakow, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-6643-1389
Magdalena KopernyChair of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-034 Krakow, Poland.
Joanna ZającChair of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Department of Hygiene and Dietetics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-034 Krakow, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-7503-5847
Maciej PolakDepartment of Epidemiology and Population Studies, Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-034 Krakow, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-1290-8692
Paulina WeglarzChair of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Department of Hygiene and Dietetics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-034 Krakow, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-2126-6265
Justyna Bochenek-CiborDepartment of Radiation Oncology, St Lukas Hospital, 33-100 Tarnów, Poland.
Mateusz J SwierzChair of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Department of Hygiene and Dietetics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-034 Krakow, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-5269-664X
Wojciech StaskiewiczStudents' Scientific Research Group of Systematic Reviews, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-034 Krakow, Poland.
Magdalena GoreckaStudents' Scientific Research Group of Systematic Reviews, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-034 Krakow, Poland.
Anna SkuzaStudents' Scientific Research Group of Systematic Reviews, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-034 Krakow, Poland.
Adam A WachStudents' Scientific Research Group of Systematic Reviews, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-034 Krakow, Poland.
Klaudia KaluzinskaStudents' Scientific Research Group of Systematic Reviews, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-034 Krakow, Poland.
Małgorzata M BałaChair of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Department of Hygiene and Dietetics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-034 Krakow, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-1978-7264
Jagiellonian University · PL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Systematic reviews/meta-analyses (SR/MAs) are considered a reliable source of information in healthcare. We aimed to explore the association of several characteristics of SR/MAs addressing nutrition in cancer prevention and their quality/risk of bias (using assessments from AMSTAR-2 and ROBIS tools). The analysis included 101 SR/MAs identified in a systematic survey. Associations of each specified characteristic (e.g., information about the protocol, publication year, reported use of GRADE, or other methods for assessing overall certainty of evidence) with the number of AMSTAR-2 not met ('No' responses) and the number of ROBIS items met ('Probably Yes' or "Yes' responses) were examined. Poisson regression was used to identify predictors of the number of 'No' answers (indicating lower quality) for all AMSTAR-2 items and the number of 'Yes' or 'Probably Yes' answers (indicating higher quality/lower concern for bias) for all ROBIS items. Logistic regression was used to identify variables associated with at least one domain assessed as 'low concern for bias' in the ROBIS tool. In multivariable analysis, SR/MAs not reporting use of any quality/risk of bias assessment instrument for primary studies were associated with a higher number of 'No' answers for all AMSTAR-2 items (incidence rate ratio (IRR) 1.26, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.09-1.45), and a lower number of 'Yes' or 'Probably Yes' answers for all ROBIS items (IRR 0.76, 95% CI 0.66-0.87). Providing information about the protocol and search for unpublished studies was associated with a lower number of 'No' answers (IRR 0.73, 95% CI 0.56-0.97 and IRR 0.75, 95% CI 0.59-0.95, respectively) and a higher number of 'Yes' or 'Probably Yes' answers (IRR 1.43, 95% CI 1.17-1.74 and IRR 1.28, 95% CI 1.07-1.52, respectively). Not using at least one quality/risk of bias assessment tool for primary studies within an SR/MA was associated with lower odds that a study would be assessed as 'low concern for bias' in at least one ROBIS domain (odds ratio 0.061, 95% CI 0.007-0.527). Adherence to methodological standards in the development of SR/MAs was associated with a higher overall quality of SR/MAs addressing nutrition for cancer prevention.

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NeoplasmsBiasDelivery of Health CareEpidemiologic StudiesHumansMeta-Analysis as TopicSystematic Reviews as TopicAMSTAR-2cancer preventionmeta-analysisnutritionqualityROBISsystematic review

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PMID35010766
PMCPMC8744691
OpenAlexW4205237385

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