• 1. Department of Community Nursing, the Nursing School of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, 750004, P.R.China;
  • 2. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Public Health School of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, 750004, P.R.China;
NING Yanhua, Email: nyhl_ning@126.com
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ObjectivesTo assess the characteristics, methodological and reporting qualities of systematic reviews on community interventions in China.MethodsThe Cochrane Library, PubMed, EMbase, Web of Science, CNKI, VIP, WanFang Data and CBM databases were searched for studies of community interventions from inception to August 2017. Two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data and assessed the methodological and reporting quality by AMSTAR tool and PRISMA checklist. Data analysis was performed by SPSS 20.0 software.ResultsA total of 18 systematic reviews of community interventions were included. The average AMSTAR score was 4.67±1.68, and all studies did not provide the list of included and excluded studies or a statement on conflict of interests. The average PRISMA score was 16.42±3.65, and over 50.0% of the included systematic reviews did not perform protocol and registration, search, additional analyses, risk of bias of included studies and funding.ConclusionsThe evidence shows that the reporting and methodological quality of meta-analyses of community interventions in China is insufficient. The combination of results, quality of individual research and the evaluation of publication bias should be paid more attention to improve methodological quality. The reporting of meta-analyses of community interventions in China should follow the PRISMA checklist.

Citation: WANG Xiaoyan, LIU Ying, NING Yanhua. Quality assessment of systematic reviews on community interventions in China. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2018, 18(7): 729-734. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.201710096 Copy

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