The formulation methods and steps of umbrella review_Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine

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CHENG Qianji ^1,2 , YANG Qiuyu ^1,2 , TIAN Chen ^1,2 , LU Yao ^1,2 , LI Ying ^1,2 ,  GE Long ^1,2,3

1. Evidence-Based Social Science Research Center, School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China;
2. Department of Social Science and Health Management, School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China;
3. Key Laboratory of Evidence Based Medicine and Knowledge Translation of Gansu Province, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China;

Corresponding author：

GE Long, Email: gelong2009@163.com

Keywords：

Evidence-based medicine; Umbrella review; Methodology; Systematic review; Meta-analysis

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10.7507/1672-2531.202307057

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Umbrella review is a research method that comprehensively analyzes the systematic reviews and meta-analysis of a research question. In recent years, the research methods of umbrella review have been widely used, but the quality of umbrella review is uneven. Therefore, this paper focuses on the production methods and existing challenges of umbrella review, in order to provide references for domestic researchers to make umbrella review.

Citation： CHENG Qianji, YANG Qiuyu, TIAN Chen, LU Yao, LI Ying, GE Long. The formulation methods and steps of umbrella review. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2023, 23(12): 1457-1464. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.202307057 Copy

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2. 刘海霞, 胡德华, 尹怀琼. 伞形评价—一种新型循证医学分析方法. 中华流行病学杂志, 2020, 41(2): 261-266.
3. 孙重阳, 张浩然, 刘晓玉, 等. 伞形综述: 选择与应用最佳综合证据的循证实践. 中国循证医学杂志, 2022, 22(5): 609-614.
4. Methley AM, Campbell S, Chew-Graham C, et al. PICO, PICOS and SPIDER: a comparison study of specificity and sensitivity in three search tools for qualitative systematic reviews. BMC Health Serv Res, 2014, 14: 579.
5. Muka T, Glisic M, Milic J, et al. A 24-step guide on how to design, conduct, and successfully publish a systematic review and meta-analysis in medical research. Eur J Epidemiol, 2020, 35(1): 49-60.
6. Belbasis L, Bellou V, Ioannidis JPA. Conducting umbrella reviews. BMJ Med, 2022, 1(1): e000071.
7. Bramer WM, Rethlefsen ML, Kleijnen J, et al. Optimal database combinations for literature searches in systematic reviews: a prospective exploratory study. Syst Rev, 2017, 6(1): 245.
8. Linares-Espinós E, Hernández V, Domínguez-Escrig JL, et al. Methodology of a systematic review. Actas Urol Esp (Engl Ed), 2018, 42(8): 499-506.
9. Ouzzani M, Hammady H, Fedorowicz Z, et al. Rayyan-a web and mobile app for systematic reviews. Syst Rev, 2016, 5(1): 210.
10. Van der Mierden S, Tsaioun K, Bleich A, et al. Software tools for literature screening in systematic reviews in biomedical research. ALTEX, 2019, 36(3): 508-517.
11. Shea BJ, Reeves BC, Wells G, et al. AMSTAR 2: a critical appraisal tool for systematic reviews that include randomised or non-randomised studies of healthcare interventions, or both. BMJ, 2017, 358: j4008.
12. 熊俊, 陈日新. 系统评价/Meta分析方法学质量的评价工具AMSTAR. 中国循证医学杂志, 2011, 11(9): 1084-1089.
13. 葛龙, 潘蓓, 潘佳雪, 等. 解读AMSTAR-2—基于随机和(或)非随机对照试验系统评价的质量评价工具. 中国药物评价, 2017, 34(5): 334-338.
14. Balshem H, Helfanda M, Schunemann HJ, 等. GRADE指南: Ⅲ. 证据质量分级. 中国循证医学杂志, 2011, 11(4): 451-455.
15. Fusar-Poli P, Radua J. Ten simple rules for conducting umbrella reviews. Evid Based Ment Health, 2018, 21(3): 95-100.
16. Radua J, Ramella-Cravaro V, Ioannidis JPA, et al. What causes psychosis. An umbrella review of risk and protective factors. World Psychiatry, 2018, 17(1): 49-66.
17. Rezende LFM, Sá TH, Markozannes G, et al. Physical activity and cancer: an umbrella review of the literature including 22 major anatomical sites and 770 000 cancer cases. Br J Sports Med, 2018, 52(13): 826-833.
18. Hossain MM, Purohit N, Sultana A, et al. Prevalence of mental disorders in South Asia: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Asian J Psychiatr, 2020, 51: 102041.
19. Gosling CJ, Solanes A, Fusar-Poli P, et al. Metaumbrella: the first comprehensive suite to perform data analysis in umbrella reviews with stratification of the evidence. BMJ Ment Health, 2023, 26(1): e300534.
20. Botelho J, Mascarenhas P, Viana J, et al. An umbrella review of the evidence linking oral health and systemic noncommunicable diseases. Nat Commun, 2022, 13(1): 7614.
21. Higgins JP, Thompson SG. Quantifying heterogeneity in a meta-analysis. Stat Med, 2002, 21(11): 1539-1558.
22. Howes OD, Whitehurst T, Shatalina E, et al. The clinical significance of duration of untreated psychosis: an umbrella review and random-effects meta-analysis. World Psychiatry, 2021, 20(1): 75-95.
23. Naudet F, Schuit E, Ioannidis JPA. Overlapping network meta-analyses on the same topic: survey of published studies. Int J Epidemiol, 2017, 46(6): 1999-2008.
24. Janiaud P, Agarwal A, Tzoulaki I, et al. Validity of observational evidence on putative risk and protective factors: appraisal of 3744 meta-analyses on 57 topics. BMC Med, 2021, 19(1): 157.
25. Hennessy EA, Johnson BT. Examining overlap of included studies in meta-reviews: guidance for using the corrected covered area index. Res Synth Methods, 2020, 11(1): 134-145.
26. Pieper D, Antoine SL, Mathes T, et al. Systematic review finds overlapping reviews were not mentioned in every other overview. J Clin Epidemiol, 2014, 67(4): 368-375.
27. Okoth K, Chandan JS, Marshall T, et al. Association between the reproductive health of young women and cardiovascular disease in later life: umbrella review. BMJ, 2020, 371: m3502.
28. Johnson BT, Hennessy EA. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses in the health sciences: best practice methods for research syntheses. Soc Sci Med, 2019, 233: 237-251.
29. Pollock M, Fernandes RM, Newton AS, et al. The impact of different inclusion decisions on the comprehensiveness and complexity of overviews of reviews of healthcare interventions. Syst Rev, 2019, 8(1): 18.
30. Ahmadzai N, Newberry SJ, Maglione MA, et al. A surveillance system to assess the need for updating systematic reviews. Syst Rev, 2013, 2: 104.
31. Saltzman C. New FAI guidelines: STROBE, MOOSE, PRISMA, CONSORT. Foot Ankle Int, 2022, 43(1): 1.

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