Case Series Studies Quality Appraisal Checklist: Publications and Presentations

The process by which the tool was developed, as well as a brief review of other published checklists and the results of a pilot test of the quality appraisal checklist are described in a 2012 IHE methodology paper. A preliminary validation study of the tool using factor analysis has also been conducted.

Publications

Listed in reverse chronological order.

• Guo B, Moga C, Harstall C, Schopflocher D. A principal component analysis is conducted for case series quality appraisal checklist. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2016 Jan;69:199-207.
  PMID: 26307459
• Moga C, Guo B, Schopflocher D, Harstall C. Development of a Quality Appraisal Tool for Case Series Studies Using a Modified Delphi Technique. Edmonton AB: Institute of Health Economics. 2012.
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Posters

Listed in reverse chronological order.

• Exploring the utility of a validated quality appraisal tool – Poster presented at the HTAi Annual Meeting in Rome in June 2017.
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• Development of a quality appraisal tool for case series studies – Poster presented at the Cochrane Colloquium in Quebec City in September 2013
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• Validation of a quality assessment checklist for case series studies – Poster presented at the Cochrane Colloquium in Quebec City in September 2013
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Workshops

• Exploring the usefulness of a preliminary, validated quality-appraisal tool for case series studies – Workshop 06. Moderated and presented by Carmen Moga and Bing Guo at the HTAi Annual Meeting in Rome in June 2017.
  International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care Abstract Link coming soon