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Background:Systematic reviews and meta-analyses (SR/MAs) provide a comprehensive summary of research studies and are used to assess clinical evidence, form policy and construct guidelines. Although the prevalence of SR/MAs about sports medicine has increased in recent years, significant heterogeneity may exist among these literatures, leading to an uncertain ability to adopt these findings to clinical practice. Clinical practice, guidelines and checklists can be used exist such as Assessing the Methodological Quality of Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR) and Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) to enable authors to publish comprehensive and unbiased data.
Objectives: To systematically review methodological and reporting quality of SR/MAs of interventions published in two high-impact factor sports medicine journals, including British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) and Sports Medicine.
Methods:SR/MAs published in BJSM and Sports Medicine from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2019 will be searched through Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC). The search strategy was as follows: “SO= (British Journal of Sports Medicine) OR SO= (sports medicine)”. After identification, the records will be screened by two independent reviewers based on title, abstract and full-text. An electronic database will be created in which study type, author name, publication date, journal, topic, review type (SR/MAs/both), conclusion and contents related to AMSATR-2 and PRISMA will be recorded. The AMSATR-2 and PRISMA checklists will be used by two reviewers to assess and analysis methodological and reporting quality of included studies. Besides, linear regression analysis will be used to evaluate the correlation between basic characteristics, methodological quality and reporting quality. What’s more, evidence mapping will present the efficacy of interventions in SR/MAs. All data will be performed and analyzed using Excel 2019 and SPSS version 25.0.
Results:A total of 2800 documents were retrieved from WoSCC. Final results will be available by the time of the Cochrane Colloquium.
Conclusions:Findings of this project will provide information about current methodological and reporting quality of SR/MAs of sports medicine. The relevant researchers should concern on the scientificity and standardization of SR/MAs and report them according to the PRISMA statement. The synthesized evidence will be presented simply and concisely for informed decision-making.
Patient or healthcare consumer involvement: No
Objectives: To systematically review methodological and reporting quality of SR/MAs of interventions published in two high-impact factor sports medicine journals, including British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) and Sports Medicine.
Methods:SR/MAs published in BJSM and Sports Medicine from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2019 will be searched through Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC). The search strategy was as follows: “SO= (British Journal of Sports Medicine) OR SO= (sports medicine)”. After identification, the records will be screened by two independent reviewers based on title, abstract and full-text. An electronic database will be created in which study type, author name, publication date, journal, topic, review type (SR/MAs/both), conclusion and contents related to AMSATR-2 and PRISMA will be recorded. The AMSATR-2 and PRISMA checklists will be used by two reviewers to assess and analysis methodological and reporting quality of included studies. Besides, linear regression analysis will be used to evaluate the correlation between basic characteristics, methodological quality and reporting quality. What’s more, evidence mapping will present the efficacy of interventions in SR/MAs. All data will be performed and analyzed using Excel 2019 and SPSS version 25.0.
Results:A total of 2800 documents were retrieved from WoSCC. Final results will be available by the time of the Cochrane Colloquium.
Conclusions:Findings of this project will provide information about current methodological and reporting quality of SR/MAs of sports medicine. The relevant researchers should concern on the scientificity and standardization of SR/MAs and report them according to the PRISMA statement. The synthesized evidence will be presented simply and concisely for informed decision-making.
Patient or healthcare consumer involvement: No