| Study design(s) targeted by the tool | Prevalence studiesprevalence-studies |
|---|---|
| Additional details on designs | Prevalence of mental health disorders |
| Tool area | Health |
| Link to the tool | Get the RoB- PrevMH tool |
Details | |
| Website | |
| Primary publication | Tonia T, Buitrago-Garcia D, Peter NL, et al Tool to assess risk of bias in studies estimating the prevalence of mental health disorders (RoB-PrevMH) BMJ Ment Health 2023;26:e300694. |
| DOI | 10.1136/bmjment-2023-300694 |
| Guidance document | Guidance document can be found in Appendix 2 of the publication |
| Training | A training video can be accessed on YouTube This online document has a section with information about how to extract data for risk of bias assessment. |
| Language | English |
| Translations | None known – please contact us if you are aware of any translations that should be listed here |
| Record last updated | 06/12/2024 |
Related tools and Publications | |
| Previous versions | None |
| Updated versions | None |
| Related tools | None |
| Evaluations | Inter-rater reliability reported in the paper that reports the tool |
| Other publications | None known – please contact us if you are aware of any publications that should be listed here |
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 |
