Dear list,
Does anyone know about recent articles discussing the use of scales or
checklists for quality assessment of observational studies?
I know that measuring the quality of observational studies is a hard task
and I am aware of initiatives like Strobe, which is actually a checklist for
better reporting, not for assessing the quality. However, there are many
studies that have done some quality assessment based on arbitrary
"consensus" about what are the important points. After all, is it really
possible to assess correctly the quality of an observational study and can
scales and checklists help assessing the quality of observational studies?
Best wishes, thanks for any comment
Roger Keller, MSc
Prof. Depto Epidemiologia e Bioestatística - ISC/UFF
Departamento de Epidemiologia - IMS/UERJ (PhD student)
Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524 7o ANDAR
Rio de Janeiro - Brasil
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