Scales to Assess the Quality of Randomized Controlled Trials: A Systematic Review
Author(s) -
Susan Armijo Olivo,
Luciana Macedo,
Inaê Caroline Gadotti,
Jorge Fuentes,
Tasha R. Stanton,
David J. Magee
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
physical therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1538-6724
pISSN - 0031-9023
DOI - 10.2522/ptj.20070147
Subject(s) - jadad scale , randomized controlled trial , reliability (semiconductor) , systematic review , scale (ratio) , external validity , validity , internal validity , quality (philosophy) , criterion validity , medline , psychology , physical therapy , medicine , clinical psychology , psychometrics , construct validity , social psychology , pathology , power (physics) , philosophy , physics , epistemology , quantum mechanics , political science , law , cochrane library
The methodological quality of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) is commonly evaluated in order to assess the risk of biased estimates of treatment effects. The purpose of this systematic review was to identify scales used to evaluate the methodological quality of RCTs in health care research and summarize the content, construction, development, and psychometric properties of these scales.
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