Bariatric treatments for adult obesity - Institute of Health Economics

Partially reported: The study types, as designated by a level of evidence hierarchy category, arementioned in the concluding section (includes discussion) or statement of the review, but notthe quality of the studies.Not reported: The methodological quality of the included studies is not mentioned in theconcluding section (includes discussion) or statement of the review.Quality subsection 6: Conclusions supported by resultsYes: The conclusions drawn by the authors of the review we re supported by theevidence presented in the results section.Unclear: Some, but not all, of the conclusions drawn by the authors of the reviewwere supported by the evidence presented in the results section.No: The conclusions drawn by the authors of the review were not supported bythe evidence presented in the results section.Conflict of interest and fundingConflict of interestReported: A statement of conflict of interest (if any) is provided.Partially reported: A conflict of interest is mentioned but details are not provided.Not reported: A statement of conflict of interest (if any) is not provided.Sources of fundingReported:Funding sources are mentioned. The review was developed without external funding (for example, authors employed by auniversity or volunteered time to produce a Cochrane Review).Partially reported: External funding is mentioned but details are not provided.Not reported: Funding sources are not mentioned.Optional Quality Rating SystemThe quality of systematic reviews can be assessed according to how well their methods exclude biasand confounding by examining the search strategy used, how the data extraction, quality assessmentof the included studies, and data analysis/synthesis were conducted, and whether the conclusions ofthe review match the results. Thus, the quality of the review can be rated numerically with respect tothe six quality subsections (grey boxes above), as follows.Good—six criteria met, or five criteria met and one criterion ‘unclear.’Average—one criterion not met, or one criterion not met and one criterion ‘unclear,’ or twocriteria ‘unclear.’Poor—at least two criteria not met.Bariatric treatments for adult obesity 118