Assessment of the quality of meta-analyses
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Because meta-analyses are increasingly prevalent and cited in the medical literature, it is important that tools are available to assess their methodological quality.

For clinical trials, a check to see if the analyses follow the QUORUM (Quality of Reporting of Meta-analyses) guidelines is advised.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(99)04149-5/fulltext

A short-hand approach found that 4 key areas are important to the quality of meta-analyses:
- data sources
- analysis of individual studies
- meta-analysis methods
- interpretation

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26053948/