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My best buy is QUADAS 2 https://training.cochrane.org/uploads/resources/embedded_resources/DTA_modules/6.3_Use_of_QUADAS-2/story_html5.html Nick Nickolas Myles, MD, PhD, MSc, FRCPC Anatomical pathologist, St.Paul's Hospital, Clinical Professor, University of British Columbia Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 1081 Burrard St, Vancouver, BC, V6Z1Y6 Phone (604) 682-2344 x 66038 Email: [log in to unmask] From: Evidence based health (EBH) [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of K Hopayian Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2019 1:58 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Risk of bias in observational studies Dear list members, I have done some searching for risk of bias critical appraisal tools for studies of prevalence and risk of disease. There are so many out there! Any suggestions for a Best Buy? Seriously, does anyone have a reference that comes out with a result stating which are more reliable or know which is most widely used? Here are some references that disrespect existing tools Sanderson S, Tatt ID, Higgins JP. Tools for assessing quality and susceptibility to bias in observational studies in epidemiology: a systematic review and annotated bibliography. Int J Epidemiol. 2007;36:666-676. Stang A. Critical evaluation of the Newcastle-Ottawa scale for the assessment of the quality of nonrandomized studies in meta-analyses. Eur J Epidemiol. 2010;European Journal of Epidemiology 25:603-605. Shamliyan T, Kane RL, Dickinson S. A systematic review of tools used to assess the quality of observational studies that examine incidence or prevalence and risk factors for diseases. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2010;63:1061-1070. Kev Prof. Kev (Kevork) Hopayian, MD FRCGP Clinical Professor, University of Nicosia, Cyprus RCGP [INT] Educational Consultant Sessional GP, Suffolk ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the EVIDENCE-BASED-HEALTH list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=EVIDENCE-BASED-HEALTH&A=1 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the EVIDENCE-BASED-HEALTH list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=EVIDENCE-BASED-HEALTH&A=1