GuidelinesROBIS: A new tool to assess risk of bias in systematic reviews was developed
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The ROBIS group members: Lars Beckmann (Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care [IQWiG], Cologne, Germany), Patrick Bossuyt (University of Amsterdam), Deborah Caldwell (University of Bristol)*, Rachel Churchill (University of Bristol)*, Philippa Davies (University of Bristol)*, Kay Dickersin (US Cochrane Center), Kerry Dwan (University of Liverpool), Julie Glanville (York Health Economics Consortium, University of York), Julian Higgins (University of Bristol)*, Jos Kleijnen (KSR York Ltd and University of Maastricht)*, Julia Kreis (Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care [IQWiG], Cologne, Germany), Toby Lasserson (Cochrane Editorial Unit)*, Fergus Macbeth (Wales Cancer Trials Unit), Silvia Minozzi (Lazio Regional Health Service), Karel GM Moons (University of Utrecht), Matthew Page (Monash University), Barney Reeves (University of Bristol)*, Nancy, Santesso (McMaster University), Jelena Savović (University of Bristol)*, Christopher H Schmid (Brown University), Beth Shaw (NICE), Beverley Shea (University of Ottawa)*, David Tovey (Cochrane Editorial Unit)*, Peter Tugwell (University of Ottawa), Meera Viswanathan (RTI International), Jasvinder Singh (University of Alabama at Birmingham & Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center), Penny Whiting (University of Bristol)*, George Wells (University of Ottawa)*, Robert Wolff (KSR York Ltd.). The members designated with an asterisk (*) are also steering group members.
Conflicts of interest: None.
Funding: This work was funded by the Medical Research Council as part of the MRC–National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Methodology Research Programme (Grant number MR/K01465X/1). B.C.R.'s time in contributing to the study was funded by the NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Unit in Cardiovascular Disease. D.M.C. is supported by a Medical Research Council (UK) Population Health Science fellowship (G0902118).