Newcastle-Ottawa Scale: comparing reviewers’ to authors’ assessments

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Abstract

Differences in assessment and low agreement between reviewers and authors suggest the need to contact authors for information not published in studies when applying the NOS in systematic reviews.

Topics & Keywords

Respiratory viral infections research Reliability and Agreement in Measurement Delphi Technique in Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volume 14, Issue 1, pp. 45-45

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-14-45

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