Assessing the methodological quality and risk of bias of systematic reviews: primer for authors of overviews of systematic reviews

• Dawid Pieper,
• Salmaan Kanji,
• Carole Lunny,
• Anna-Bettina Haidich,
• Pierre Thabet,
• Konstantinos I Bougioukas

Affiliations

Dawid Pieper

Faculty of Health Sciences Brandenburg, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane Ruppin Clinics, Neuruppin, Brandenburg, Germany

Salmaan Kanji

Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Carole Lunny

Knowledge Translation Program, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael`s Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

Anna-Bettina Haidich

Department of Hygiene, Social-Preventive Medicine and Medical Statistics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Faculty of Health Sciences, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece

Pierre Thabet

School of Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Ottawa, Hôpital Montfort, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Konstantinos I Bougioukas

Department of Hygiene, Social-Preventive Medicine and Medical Statistics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Faculty of Health Sciences, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece