What Quality Assessment Tool Should I Use? A Practical Guide for Systematic Reviews Authors

Affiliations

¹ Center for Educational Research in Medical Sciences (CERMS), Department of Medical Education, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
² Rehabilitation Research Center, Department of Physical Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Editorial

Somayeh Delavari et al. Iran J Med Sci. 2023 May.

. 2023 May;48(3):229-231.

doi: 10.30476/IJMS.2023.98401.3038.

¹ Center for Educational Research in Medical Sciences (CERMS), Department of Medical Education, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
² Rehabilitation Research Center, Department of Physical Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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Keywords: Quality appraisal; Quality of reporting; Rating the certainty of evidence; Risk of bias; Systematic review.

Conflict of interest statement

None declared.

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