Evaluation of the Reporting Standard Guidelines of Network Meta-Analyses in Physical Therapy: A Systematic Review

Shin, IS (通讯作者),Dongguk Univ, Grad Sch Educ, AI Convergence Educ, 30 Pildong Ro 1 Gil, Seoul 04620, South Korea.
2022-12
The concept of network meta-analyses (NMA) has been introduced to the field of physical therapy. However, the reporting standard guidelines of these studies have not been evaluated. In this systematic review, we included all published NMA physical therapy studies that compared the clinical efficacy of three or more interventions to evaluate whether NMAs in physical therapy exhibit adequate reporting recommendations. PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library were searched up to 30 June 2022. Among the 252 identified articles, 19 NMAs including 805 randomized controlled trials were included. We applied both preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analysis (PRISMA) and PRISMA-NMA checklists, which are 27- and 32-item reporting standard guidelines assessment tools, respectively. Protocol registrations (68.4%), risk of bias across studies (63.2%), additional analysis (57.9%), and funding (31.6%) were problematic items considering the PRISMA guidelines. Four studies reported all five new NMA-reporting items, and 15 (78.9%) did not address items S1-5 from the PRISMA-NMA guidelines. The median score (interquartile range) of the reporting standard guidelines was 27.0 (25.8-28.0). The identified shortcomings of published NMAs should be addressed while training researchers, and they should be encouraged to apply PRISMA-NMA, as a recognized tool for assessing NMA reporting guidelines is required.
HEALTHCARE
卷号:10|期号:12|页码:1-12
收录类别:SCIE
语种
英语
来源机构
Nambu University; Dongguk University
资助信息
This work was supported by a National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korean government (MSIT) (No. 2022R1F1A1067604). This study was supported by research funds from Nambu University in 2022.
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0
EISSN
2227-9032
出版年
2022-12
DOI
10.3390/healthcare10122371
学科领域
循证公共卫生
关键词
systematic review network meta-analysis treatment outcome checklist randomized controlled trials
资助机构
National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Korean government (MSIT)(National Research Foundation of KoreaMinistry of Science & ICT (MSIT), Republic of Korea) Nambu University
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Health Care Sciences & Services Health Policy & Services