Table 6

Comparison of the overall quality of reports of meta-analyses in the emergency medicine, anaesthesia and critical care literature


Emergency medicine
Anaesthesia
General surgery
Critical care

Mean overall OQAQ score (95% CI)
2.7 (2.1–3.2)
4.3 (3.8–4.7)
3.3 (2.8–3.9)
3.3 (3.0–3.6)
Proportion of reports with an overall OQAQ score ≥5 (95% CI)
13.8 (3.9–31.6)
41.5 (30.7–52.9)
25.5 (14.3–39.6)
30.9 (23.4–39.3)

Delaney et al. Critical Care 2005 9:R575   doi:10.1186/cc3803