What is a meta-epidemiological study? Analysis of published literature indicated heterogeneous study designs and definitions

被引：22

作者：

Puljak, Livia ^{[1
]}

Makaric, Zvjezdana Lovric ^{[2
]}

Buljan, Ivan ^{[3
]}

Pieper, Dawid ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Catholic Univ Croatia, Ctr Evidence Based Med & Hlth Care, Ilica 242, Zagreb 10000, Croatia

[2] Croatian Natl Inst Publ Hlth, Dept Epidemiol, Rockefellerova 7, Zagreb 10000, Croatia

[3] Univ Split, Dept Res Biomed & Hlth, Sch Med, Soltanska 2, Split 21000, Croatia

[4] Witten Herdecke Univ, Inst Res Operat Med IFOM, Ostmerheimer Str 200,Bldg 38, D-51109 Cologne, Germany

来源：

JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH | 2020年 / 9卷 / 07期

关键词：

meta-analysis; meta-epidemiological study; meta-epidemiology; research methodology; systematic review; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED-TRIALS; EMPIRICAL-EVIDENCE; METHODOLOGICAL QUALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS; BIAS; METAANALYSIS; INTERVENTIONS; EXERCISE; OUTCOMES; CONSENSUS;

D O I：

10.2217/cer-2019-0201

中图分类号：

R19 [保健组织与事业（卫生事业管理）];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Aim: To analyze descriptors/definitions of meta-epidemiological studies as well as study design of articles that were self-described as meta-epidemiological studies. Methods: We searched MEDLINE and Embase on 6 August 2019. We extracted definitions of meta-epidemiological studies, as well as study designs, statistics and units of analysis that were reported in studies self-labelled as meta-epidemiological studies. Results: We included 175 information sources in the analysis. Definitions of meta-epidemiological studies varied and some studies used the term meta-epidemiological study to describe methodological research-on-research studies. Less than a half of the studies (n = 54; 42.9%) used the two-step meta-epidemiological approach in data analysis. Among studies self-labelled as meta-epidemiological, 9.4% reported registration in PROSPERO and 11% indicated they reported the study in line with PRISMA. Conclusion: Research community would benefit from consensus about definition of meta-epidemiological study.

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页码：497 / 508

页数：12

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