Titre : | Quality of reviews in epidemiology. (1998) |
Auteurs : | R.A. BRESLOW ; S.A. ROSS ; D.L. WEED ; Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program. National Cancer Institute. Bethesda Md. USA |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | American journal of public health (vol. 88, n° 3, 1998) |
Pagination : | 475-477 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Epidémiologie ; Qualité ; Méthodologie |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST 5zQwMR0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. This study examined the quality of recent reviews in epidemiology. Methods. All 1995 issues of 7 widely read epidemiology journals were searched to identify reviews. Results. Twenty-nine reviews were identified. Methodology was not specified or incomplete for literature searches in 79% of reviews ; the same was true for inclusion criteria in 83% and for combining studies in 62%. More than 60% of the reviews were not methodologically systematic. Conclusions. There is a need to improve the quality of review papers in epidemiology. If systematic methodology were followed more frequently, epidemiologic science and its application could be improved. |