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AuthorJennifer C., Stone
AuthorGlass, Kathryn
AuthorClark, Justin
AuthorRitskes-Hoitinga, Merel
AuthorMunn, Zachary
AuthorTugwell, Peter
AuthorDoi, Suhail A.R.
Available date2021-01-31T09:14:08Z
Publication Date2021-01-21
Publication NameJournal of Clinical Epidemiology
Identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2021.01.012
CitationJennifer C. Stone, Kathryn Glass, Justin Clark, Merel Ritskes-Hoitinga, Zachary Munn, Peter Tugwell, Suhail A.R. Doi, The MethodologicAl STandards for Epidemiological Research (MASTER) scale demonstrated a unified framework for bias assessment, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 2021, ISSN 0895-4356, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2021.01.012
ISSN08954356
URIhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0895435621000160?v=s5
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/17549
AbstractObjective: This paper presents a unified framework for assessment of the methodological quality of analytic study designs. Study Design and Setting: A systematic review of 393 methodological quality assessment tools that updated a previous assessment with 100 tools. Tool items were extracted, examined and reworded. Bias domains and finally methodological standards to be fulfilled were defined. Results: There were 36 unique methodological safeguards that were categorised into seven methodological standards to be fulfilled in the MASTER scale. These methodological standards reflect initial and ongoing equivalence in particular areas, including equal recruitment, equal retention, equal ascertainment, equal implementation, equal prognosis, sufficient analysis, and temporal precedence. Conclusion: This approach unifies existing methods for methodological quality assessment and will be useful for a) clinical researchers when a bias assessment of clinical research studies is required across analytical designs b) promoting a unified framework for development of bias assessment tools.
SponsorSD was supported by Program Grant #NPRP10-0129-170274 from the Qatar National Research Fund (a member of Qatar Foundation).
Languageen
PublisherElsevier
SubjectRisk of Bias
quality
methodology
systematic review
TitleThe MethodologicAl STandards for Epidemiological Research (MASTER) scale demonstrated a unified framework for bias assessment
TypeArticle
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