Table 1

Quality assessment

Unit of analysisInstrumentExtraction vs evaluation
Underlying primary studiesEg, Cochrane Risk of Bias ToolExtracted from systematic reviews
Overall evidence base of outcomes within included systematic reviewsEg, GRADEExtracted from systematic reviews if available, independent evaluation if possible
Included systematic reviewsAMSTAR 2Independent evaluation
  • AMSTAR 2, A MeaSurement Tool to Assess systematic Reviews; GRADE, Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation.