Context: - Little is known regarding the reporting quality of meta-analyses in diagnostic pathology.
Objective: - To compare reporting quality of meta-analyses in diagnostic pathology and medicine and to examine factors associated with reporting quality of diagnostic pathology meta-analyses.
Design: - Meta-analyses were identified in 12 major diagnostic pathology journals without specifying years and 4 major medicine journals in 2006 and 2011 using PubMed.
Arch Pathol Lab Med
November 2015
Context: Underutilization of Meta-analysis No studies to our knowledge have investigated citations and utilization of meta-analysis in diagnostic pathology (DP).
Objective: To characterize meta-analyses in DP compared with meta-analyses in medicine.
Design: We searched PubMed for meta-analyses in 12 major DP journals without specifying years and in 4 major medicine journals in both 2006 and 2011.