The aim of this study was to determine the methodological quality of articles on therapeutic procedures published in CIRUGÍA ESPAÑOLA and to study its association with the publication year, center, and subject-matter.
The average key methodological score of articles with an OQRS above the 75th percentile was 1.
The methodological quality of articles was assessed independently by the reviewers, based on the quality criteria specified by the Cochrane Collaboration 14 and Critical Appraisal Skills Programme checklists 15.
Two sources of input will be used for the Delphi study: (1) a systematic review of properties, standards and criteria of measurement properties found in systematic reviews of measurement instruments, and (2) an additional literature search of methodological articles presenting a comprehensive checklist of standards and criteria.
An additional literature search in PubMed, Embase and Psycinfo of methodological articles and textbooks presenting comprehensive checklists for standards and criteria will be carried out.
No change was made for the selection of articles, and methodological quality assessment.
At present no other checklists for the assessment of articles on the methodological quality of questionnaires are available [ 15, 16, 19].
This study will follow the rigorous scoping studies' methodological framework, including the methodical retrieval of articles on aspects of the institutional dimension of societal and practice contexts, in numerous multidisciplinary databases.
However, owing to the limited number of articles and the methodological biases of the heterogeneous literature included in the review, the observed prevalence (e.g., in the Middle East) may not reflect the actual trend in NCD prevalence among urban refugees in developing countries.
The aim of this article is to present a critical appraisal of methodological aspects of the article "Resting heart rate: its correlations and potential for screening metabolic dysfunctions in adolescents" presented by BMC Pediatrics.
