Table 1 PHASE 3 Judging risk of bias
From: The history and epidemiology of Middle East respiratory syndrome corona virus
Domain | Concern | Rationale for concern |
Concerns regarding specification of the study eligibility criteria | Non –confirmed cases | Decrease the risk of bias (false positive) |
Concerns regarding methods used to identify and/or select studies. | None | None |
Concerns regarding used to collect data and appraise the studies | Repeated article | Increase the false positive results |
Concerns regarding the synthesis and findings | Different finding between the article | To direct the results toward the major finding and analyzed it |
Describe whether conclusions were supported by the evidence: | ||
A. Did the interpretation of findings address all of the concerns identified in Domain 1 to 4? | Yes | |
B. Was the relevance of identified studies to the review’s research question appropriately considered? | Probably yes | |
C. Did the reviewers avoid emphasizing results on the basis of their statistical significance? | Yes | |
Risk of bias in the review | Risk: Low | |