Characteristics of the sources, evaluation, and grading of the certainty of evidence in systematic reviews in public health: A methodological study

• Main Authors: Yangqin Xun (Author), Qiangqiang Guo (Author), Mengjuan Ren (Author), Yunlan Liu (Author), Yajia Sun (Author), Shouyuan Wu (Author), Hui Lan (Author), Juanjuan Zhang (Author), Hui Liu (Author), Jianjian Wang (Author), Qianling Shi (Author), Qi Wang (Author), Ping Wang (Author), Yaolong Chen (Author), Ruitai Shao (Author), Dong Roman Xu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ObjectivesTo systematically explore how the sources of evidence, types of primary studies, and tools used to assess the quality of the primary studies vary across systematic reviews (SRs) in public health.MethodsWe conducted a methodological survey of SRs in public health by searching the of literat...