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Reporting, handling and assessing the risk of bias associated with missing participant data in systematic reviews: a methodological survey

Elie A. Akl, Alonso Carrasco‐Labra, Romina Brignardello‐Petersen, Ignacio Neumann, Bradley C. Johnston, Xin Sun, Matthias Briel, Jason W. Busse, Shanil Ebrahim, Carlos Granados,

BMJ Open · 2015 · 31 citations · 17 references

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Abstract

Though Cochrane reviews are somewhat less problematic, most Cochrane and non-Cochrane systematic reviews fail to adequately report and handle missing data, potentially resulting in misleading judgements regarding risk of bias.

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