Appraisal of Recent Intervention-Focused Umbrella Reviews Reveals Major Methodological Weaknesses: A Meta-Epidemiological Study.
BACKGROUND Umbrella reviews (URs) are frequently used to provide high-level syntheses of evidence to inform clinical practice, policy, and guideline development. However, the methodological quality (MQ) and adherence to reporting standards of recent intervention-focused URs is understudied. OBJECTIVE To evaluate a ra...