Development of a Methodological Quality Criteria List for Observational Studies: The Observational Study Quality Evaluation

Background: Existing study quality and risk of bias lists for observational studies have important disadvantages. For this reason, a comprehensive widely applicable quality assessment tool for observational studies was developed.Methods: Criteria from three quality lists were merged into a new quali...

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Main Authors: Marjan Drukker, Irene Weltens, Carmen F. M. van Hooijdonk, Emma Vandenberk, Maarten Bak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frma.2021.675071/full