Assessment Report of Methodological Quality of Systematic Literature Reviews onTong-Xin-Luo’s Efifcacy and Safety Using the AMSTAR Statement / 世界科学技术-中医药现代化

ABSTRACT

This study was aimed to assess the methodological quality of systematic literature reviews on the efficacy and safety ofTong-Xin-Luo(TXL) using the AMSTAR statement. The literatures were searched from major domestic and international databases include the CJFD Database, VIP Database, CNKI database, CBM Database Online, WanFang Data and TCM Database, Medline, Pubmed, ISI Web of knowledge, Web of science, from the database was built to 20th December, 2014. And 5 evaluators screened the literatures independently according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Then, all systematic reviews were assessed using the list of AMSTAR statement. The results showed that 22 literatures were finally included, which contained 17 systematic reviews and 5 meta-analysis. In the included literatures, there were different degrees of impairments on the methodological and reporting quality, which were mainly focused on program and registration, retrieving and collecting literatures, inclusion and exclusion criteria, authentic assessment, data processing, funds, and etc. The average reporting rate of AMSTAR statement was 57.02% in all included literatures. It was concluded that the methodological quality of systematic literature reviews on the efficacy and safety of TXL was relatively low from the current level of average reported rate, which affected the quality of the article. It indicated that there were different degrees of impairments in all links of test reports in current systematic reviews, which will be bound to affect the reliability of clinical evidence and the determination of clinical decision. It showed that the methodological quality of writing of such articles should be in compliance with entries of AMSTAR statement to improve its quality.