Quality appraisal of spatial epidemiology and health geography research: A scoping review of systematic reviews.

Critical appraisal Health geography Methodological quality Quality appraisal Spatial epidemiology Systematic review

Journal

Health & place
ISSN: 1873-2054
Titre abrégé: Health Place
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9510067

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
09 2023
Historique:
received: 24 04 2023
revised: 19 08 2023
accepted: 22 08 2023
medline: 25 9 2023
pubmed: 1 9 2023
entrez: 31 8 2023
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

A scoping review of peer-reviewed literature was conducted to understand how systematic reviews assess the methodological quality of spatial epidemiology and health geography research. Fifty-nine eligible reviews were identified and included. Variations in the use of quality appraisal tools were found. Reviews applied existing quality appraisal tools with no adaptations (n = 32; 54%), existing quality appraisal tools with adaptations (n = 9; 15%), adapted tools or methods from other reviews (n = 13; 22%), and developed new quality appraisal tools for the review (n = 5; 8%). Future research should focus on developing and validating a quality appraisal tool that evaluates the spatial methodology within studies.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37651961
pii: S1353-8292(23)00145-4
doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.103108
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

Pagination

103108

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2023. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

Auteurs

Sarah M Wood (SM)

Deakin Rural Health, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Warrnambool Campus, Vic, Australia. Electronic address: woodsar@deakin.edu.au.

Laura Alston (L)

Deakin Rural Health, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Warrnambool Campus, Vic, Australia; Research Unit, Colac Area Health, Colac, Vic, Australia.

Hannah Beks (H)

Deakin Rural Health, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Warrnambool Campus, Vic, Australia.

Kevin Mc Namara (K)

Deakin Rural Health, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Warrnambool Campus, Vic, Australia; Grampians Health, Ballarat, Vic, Australia.

Neil T Coffee (NT)

Deakin Rural Health, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Warrnambool Campus, Vic, Australia; Australian Centre for Housing Research, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Robyn A Clark (RA)

Caring Futures Institute, Flinders University, SA, Australia; Southern Adelaide Health Care Services, SA, Australia.

Anna Wong Shee (A)

Deakin Rural Health, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Warrnambool Campus, Vic, Australia; Grampians Health, Ballarat, Vic, Australia.

Vincent L Versace (VL)

Deakin Rural Health, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Warrnambool Campus, Vic, Australia; Grampians Health, Ballarat, Vic, Australia.

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