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The revised JBI critical appraisal tool for the assessment of risk of bias for randomized controlled trials

Barker, Timothy H.; Stone, Jennifer C.; Sears, Kim; Klugar, Miloslav; Tufanaru, Catalin; Leonardi-Bee, Jo; Aromataris, Edoardo; Munn, Zachary

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Authors

Timothy H. Barker

Jennifer C. Stone

Kim Sears

Miloslav Klugar

Catalin Tufanaru

JO LEONARDI-BEE jo.leonardi-bee@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology

Edoardo Aromataris

Zachary Munn



Abstract

JBI recently began the process of updating and revising its suite of critical appraisal tools to ensure that these tools remain compatible with recent developments within risk of bias science. Following a rigorous development process led by the JBI Effectiveness Methodology Group, this paper presents the revised critical appraisal tool for the assessment of risk of bias for randomized controlled trials. This paper also presents practical guidance on how the questions of this tool are to be interpreted and applied by systematic reviewers, while providing topical examples. We also discuss the major changes made to this tool compared to the previous version and justification for why these changes facilitate best-practice methodologies in this field.

Citation

Barker, T. H., Stone, J. C., Sears, K., Klugar, M., Tufanaru, C., Leonardi-Bee, J., …Munn, Z. (2023). The revised JBI critical appraisal tool for the assessment of risk of bias for randomized controlled trials. JBI Evidence Synthesis, 21(3), 494-506. https://doi.org/10.11124/JBIES-22-00430

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jan 11, 2023
Online Publication Date Feb 3, 2023
Publication Date Mar 1, 2023
Deposit Date Feb 3, 2023
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal JBI Evidence Synthesis
Electronic ISSN 2689-8381
Publisher Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 21
Issue 3
Article Number 00430
Pages 494-506
DOI https://doi.org/10.11124/JBIES-22-00430
Keywords Critical appraisal tool; methodological quality; methodology; randomized controlled trial; risk of bias
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/16800517
Publisher URL https://journals.lww.com/jbisrir/Abstract/9900/The_revised_JBI_critical_appraisal_tool_for_the.131.aspx