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Recommended by LATITUDES ROBVALU

Study design(s) targeted by the tool Economic evaluationseconomic-evaluations
Additional details on designs Values and Utilities
Tool area Health
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Details

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Primary publication Karam SG, Zhang Y, Pardo-Hernandez H, Siebert U, Koopman L, Noyes J, Tarride JE, Stevens AL, Welch V, Saz-Parkinson Z, Ens B, Devji T, Xie F, Hazlewood G, Mbuagbaw L, Alonso-Coello P, Brozek JL, Schünemann HJ. ROBVALU: a tool for assessing risk of bias in studies about people's values, utilities, or importance of health outcomes. BMJ. 2024 Jun 12;385:e079890. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2024-079890.
DOI 10.1136/bmj-2024-079890
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Language English
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Record last updated 06/12/2024

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Key Criteria

Focuses on risk of bias, or makes a distinction between items that assess risk of bias and other aspects of study quality Yes
Offers a method to reach either a domain specific or overall assessment of risk of bias Yes
Tool developed for use across topic areas (i.e. not developed for specific clinical area such as physiotherapy or dentistry) Yes
Avoids recommending use of summary numerical quality scores Yes