Sentence examples for methodological quality risk from inspiring English sources
The methodological quality (risk of bias) of the included studies varied, and was slightly better in HT studies than BT studies.
We independently assessed the trials' methodological quality (risk of bias) of each trial, using the Cochrane Collaboration's tool for assessing the risk of bias (Higgins 2011).
Drawing conclusions from systematic reviews of test accuracy studies without considering the methodological quality (risk of bias) of included studies may lead to unwarranted optimism about the value of the test(s) under study.
However, there is still inconsistency among researchers on how study quality is defined, and several terms have been used interchangeably in the literature (i.e. quality assessment, methodological quality, risk of bias, critical appraisal, trial quality).
The methodological quality (risk of bias) was evaluated using the Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool that addresses the domains of randomisation adequacy, blinding, allocation concealment, whether the intention-to-treat analysis was utilised, and attrition rate.
The outcomes included: 1) Source of funding, 2) Methodological quality (Risk of bias), 3) Clinical outcomes in RCTs, 4) Conclusions (Overall study conclusions and conclusions on reported clinical outcomes) and 5) Association between source of funding and methodological quality, clinical outcomes and author's conclusions.
Five trials were considered to be of high methodological quality (low risk of bias), whereas the rest were low quality (high or unclear risk of bias).
The methodological quality and risk of bias of the included articles was assessed by use of the Cochrane Collaboration's tool for assessing risk of bias (Higgins and Green 2008), independently by the second author (MÅ) and the senior author (DA).
Methodological quality and risk of bias were also assessed.
Methodological quality and risk of bias was assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) [24].
Methodological quality, including risk of bias of the studies, was evaluated using the PEDro Scale.
