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Table 4 Quality assessment of included systematic reviews. This table demonstrates the quality of each systematic review using the AMSTAR 2 checklist [14]. The supplementary material of two papers could not be accessed [18, 25]. Therefore, a full quality appraisal could not be done on these systematic reviews

From: Opioid prescribing for acute postoperative pain: an overview of systematic reviews related to two consensus statements relevant at patient, prescriber, system and public health levels

 

Research question and inclusion criteria include PICO components

A priori design

Justification of included study designs

Comprehensive literature search strategy

Study selection performed in duplicate

Data extraction in duplicate

List of excluded studies with justifications

Included studies describes in adequate detail

Satisfactory technique to assess risk of bias

Report on funding sources in studies

Appropriate method for statistical combination

Impact of RoB on meta-analysis results

Account for RoB in individual studies when interpreting results

Explanation of heterogeneity in results

Assessed publication bias

Reported conflicts of interest

Overall Quality

Albrecht et al

Y

Y

Y

PY

Y

Y

N

P

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Low

Arwi & Schug

Y

N

Y

N

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

N

N

N

Y

N

N

Y

Critically low

Baamer et al

Y

N

Y

P

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

N

N

Y

Y

N

Y

Low

Bicket et al

Y

N

Y

P

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

N

N

N

Y

N

Y

Critically low

Feinberg et al

Y

N

Y

P

Y

N

N

Y

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

Critically low

Horn et al

N

N

Y

Y

Y

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

Critically low

Lamplot et al

Y

N

Y

 

Y

Y

 

Y

 

N

N

N

Y

Y

N

Y

 

Lawal et a

Y

Y

Y

P

Y

Y

N

Y

N

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Critically low

Martinez et al

Y

Y

Y

P

Y

Y

  

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

N

Y

 

Powell et al

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

High

Sobol-Kwapinska et al

Y

N

N

P

Y

Y

N

N

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Critically low

Wetzel et al

Y

N

Y

P

N

Y

N

P

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

Y

Critically low

  1. RoB Risk of bias, Y Yes, P Partial yes, N no