随机对照试验中的选择偏差风险被评为低偏差使用偏差风险,版本2 (RoB2) 工具
Steffen Mickenautsch1,2, Veerasamy Yengopal1
1Faculty of Dentistry, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, ZAF.
Cureus
|August 1, 2024
概括
许多被评为偏差风险低的随机对照试验仍然含有显著的选择偏差. 这挑战了当前偏见评估工具和已发表的试验结果的可靠性.
科学领域:
- 临床试验方法论 临床试验方法论
- 生物统计学 生物统计学
- 基于证据的医学基于证据的医学.
背景情况:
- 柯克伦的偏差风险2 (RoB2) 工具被广泛用于评估随机对照试验 (RCT).
- 对"低偏差"评级的准确性存在担忧,这可能会影响综合证据的可靠性.
研究的目的:
- 评估由RoB 2工具评价为"偏差低"的RCT中选择偏差的实际风险.
- 评估RoB 2评级的有效性及其对临床证据评估的影响.
主要方法:
- 对识别RCT的系统审查的系统文献搜索.
- 在1070个具有"低偏差"和"高偏差"RoB 2评级的RCT中进行选择偏差的统计测试.
- 误差评估的错误遗漏率 (FOR) 和负概率比率 (-LR) 的计算.
主要成果:
- 7.61%的"低偏差" (RoB 2) RCT 呈现出高选择偏差风险 (FOR 7.61%).
- 在RoB 2域1 (随机化) 中被评为"偏差低"的RCT显示,选择偏差风险高的可能性增加了6% (-LR:1.06).
结论:
- 科克兰的RoB 2工具可能会高估RCT的质量",低偏差"评级并不总是保证不受选择偏差的影响.
- 调查结果质疑对来自"低偏差"评级的RCT的证据的信任,并强调仅依赖预先规定的评估标准的局限性.
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