WU Tai xiang , LIU Guan jian , LI Jing
  • Evidence Based Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology Centre; West China Hospital; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610041; China;
Systematic review; Meta-analysis; Clinical heterogeneity; Statistical heterogeneity
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Some risks affecting the quality of published systematic reviews and in our teaching practice were listed and compared with the correct concept. The current problems include misunderstanding of the relationship of meta-analysis and systematic review, applying meta-analysis and assessing heterogeneity, randomization, allocate concealment, and how to make inclusion and exclusion criteria, etc. This paper aims to help Chinese reviewers improve the quality of their systematic reviews.

Citation： WU Tai xiang,LIU Guan jian,LI Jing. Some Risks of Affecting the Quality of Published Systematic Reviews in China. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2005, 05(1): 51-58. doi: Copy