Rating the methodological quality in systematic reviews of studies on measurement properties: a scoring system for the COSMIN checklist

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Authors

Caroline B. Terwee · EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research

Lidwine B. Mokkink · EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research

Dirk L. Knol · EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research

Raymond Ostelo · EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research

L.M. Bouter · Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Henrica C. W. de Vet · EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research

Abstract

Based on experience in testing this scoring system on 46 articles, the COSMIN checklist with the proposed scoring system seems to be a useful tool for assessing the methodological quality of studies included in systematic reviews of measurement properties.

Topics & Keywords

Meta-analysis and systematic reviews Reliability and Agreement in Measurement Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Quality of Life Research

Volume 21, Issue 4, pp. 651-657

DOI: 10.1007/s11136-011-9960-1

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