Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 63, Issue 10 , Pages 1059-1060, October 2010

The Catch-22 of appraisals on the quality of observational studies

  • R.H.H. Groenwold

      Affiliations

    • Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Stratenum 6.131, P.O. Box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacotherapy, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31-88-756-8214; fax: +31-88-756-8099.
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  • M.M. Rovers

      Affiliations

    • Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Stratenum 6.131, P.O. Box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Accepted 24 April 2010.

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 Conflict of interest: The division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacotherapy employing author R.H.H.G. has received unrestricted funding for pharmacoepidemiological research from GlaxoSmithKline, Novo Nordisk, the private–public-funded Top Institute Pharma (www.tipharma.nl, includes cofunding from universities, government, and industry), the Dutch Medicines Evaluation Board, and the Dutch Ministry of Health.

 Abbreviations: CONSORT, Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials; STROBE, Strengthening the reporting of observational epidemiology; STARD, Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy; PRISMA, Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses.

PII: S0895-4356(10)00175-7

doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.04.013

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 63, Issue 10 , Pages 1059-1060, October 2010

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