MASTER scale for methodological quality assessment: Reliability assessment and update
| Author | Ahmed, Ashraf I. |
| Author | Kaleem, Muhammad Zain |
| Author | Elshoeibi, Amgad Mohamed |
| Author | Elsayed, Abdalla Moustafa |
| Author | Mahmoud, Elhassan |
| Author | Khamis, Yaman A. |
| Author | Furuya-Kanamori, Luis |
| Author | Stone, Jennifer C. |
| Author | Doi, Suhail A. |
| Available date | 2024-09-23T06:45:22Z |
| Publication Date | 2024 |
| Publication Name | Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine |
| Resource | Scopus |
| ISSN | 17565383 |
| Abstract | In evidence synthesis of analytical studies, methodological quality (mQ) assessment is necessary to determine the extent to which internal validity safeguards are implemented in the included studies against a list of selected safeguards in an assessment tool. Such mQ tools consist of internal validity safeguards that are checked against those put in place by researchers when they undertake research to guard against systematic error in the design, conduct, and analysis of a study. However, consistency or agreement among the individuals undertaking an assessment of implemented safeguards in published research against those listed in a mQ tool needs to be documented to ensure that the tool is reliable. Therefore mQ tools need to have their interrater reliability tested in order to ensure the consistency of their use in research. |
| Sponsor | We acknowledge the financial support provided by the College of Medicine at Qatar University, which enabled the successful completion of this research project. |
| Language | en |
| Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Inc |
| Subject | Ringer lactate solution sodium chloride achievement acute pancreatitis data consistency expertise human internal consistency internal validity interrater reliability Letter MASTER scale methodological quality assessment methodology parameters quality assessment tool quality control quality safeguard count reliability assessment systematic error time reproducibility Humans Reproducibility of Results Research Design |
| Type | Article |
| Pagination | 263-266 |
| Issue Number | 2 |
| Volume Number | 17 |
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