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FERES, Murilo Fernando Neuppmann; FLORES-MIR, Carlos; LEMOS, Maurilo de Mello  e  ROSCOE, Marina Guimarães. Evaluation of the quality of report of systematic reviews published in Brazilian orthodontic periodicals. Rev. Assoc. Paul. Cir. Dent. [online]. 2016, vol.70, n.3, pp. 290-301. ISSN 0004-5276.

Systematic reviews and meta-analyses provide the best scientific evidence. Therefore, it is necessary that these studies be accurately reported. Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of the report of systematic reviews published in Brazilian periodicals on Orthodontics. Material and methods: With the use of the key word "review", and appropriate search filters, electronic and manual searches were performed in order to locate systematic reviews that were published between 2000 and 2015 in Brazilian periodicals in Orthodontics. Resultant records were examined and selected, according to pre-defined eligibility criteria. The quality of the reports was evaluated after the application of AMSTAR (Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews) and PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta -analyses) assessment tools. Results: Initial search resulted in 267 studies, out of which 39 were included for the analysis. It was observed that the most frequent flaws were: non-comprehensive searches, failure to cite excluded studies and the outcomes of interest, incomplete report or inappropriate data extraction, and failure to use quality assessment tools. The overall quality of the report was not associated to the journal of publication, but reviews published in English language seemed to present higher quality. Even though the quality of report improved since 2000, such trend appeared to weaken over the last years. Conclusions: The quality of the report of systematic reviews published in Brazilian periodicals on Orthodontics was considered as sub-optimal. Therefore, these studies are still likely to be significantly improved.

Palavras-chave : orthodontics; systematic reviews; periodicals..