Reliability and External Validity of AMSTAR in Assessing Quality of TCM Systematic Reviews
Joint Authors
Kang, Deying
Wu, Yuxia
Hu, Dan
Hong, Qi
Wang, Jialiang
Zhang, Xin
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-02-16
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The aim of this study is to measure the reliability and external validity of AMSTAR by applying it to a sample of TCM systematic reviews.
Study Design and Methods.
We tested the agreement, reliability, construct validity, and feasibility of AMSTAR through comparisons with OQAQ.
Statistical analyses were performed by using SPSS 13.0.
Results.
A random of sample with 41 TCM systematic reviews was selected from a database.
The interrater agreement of the individual items of AMSTAR was moderate with a mean kappa of 0.50 (95% CI: 0.26, 0.73).
The ICC for AMSTAR against OQAQ (total score of 9 items, excluding item 10) was 0.87 (95% CI: 0.76, 0.93).
Conclusions.
Although there is room for improvement on few items, the new tool is reliable, valid, and easy to use for methodological quality assessment of systematic reviews on TCM.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Kang, Deying& Wu, Yuxia& Hu, Dan& Hong, Qi& Wang, Jialiang& Zhang, Xin. 2012. Reliability and External Validity of AMSTAR in Assessing Quality of TCM Systematic Reviews. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-992589
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Kang, Deying…[et al.]. Reliability and External Validity of AMSTAR in Assessing Quality of TCM Systematic Reviews. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Kang, Deying& Wu, Yuxia& Hu, Dan& Hong, Qi& Wang, Jialiang& Zhang, Xin. Reliability and External Validity of AMSTAR in Assessing Quality of TCM Systematic Reviews. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-992589
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-992589