| Study design(s) targeted by the tool | Cohort studiescohort-study |
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| Additional details on designs | NA |
| Tool area | Health |
| Link to the tool | Get the JBI tool for cohort studies |
Details | |
| Website | https://jbi.global/critical-appraisal-tools |
| Primary publication | Barker TH, Hasanoff S, Aromataris E, Stone J, Leonardi-Bee J, Sears K, Habibi N, Klugar M, Tufanaru C, Moola S, Liu XL, Munn Z. The revised JBI critical appraisal tool for the assessment of risk of bias for cohort studies. JBI Evid Synth. 2024 Aug 2. |
| DOI | 10.11124/JBIES-24-00103 |
| Guidance document | JBI tool for cohort studies guidance |
| Training | JBI offer a comprehensive systematic review training program which is also delivered by accredited trainers around the world. General to JBI checklist software youtube video: JBI critical appraisal youtube video:
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| Language | English |
| Translations | Finnish, Slovenian, and Swedish Please contact us if you are aware of any other translations that should be listed here. |
| Record last updated | 04/06/2026 |
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| Previous versions | |
| Updated versions | None |
| Related tools | |
| Evaluations | None known – please contact us if you are aware of any evaluations that should be listed here. |
| Other publications | Barker TH, Stone JC, Sears K, Klugar M, Leonardi-Bee J, Tufanaru C, Aromataris E, Munn Z. Revising the JBI quantitative critical appraisal tools to improve their applicability: an overview of methods and the development process. JBI Evidence Synthesis 21(3):p 478-493, March 2023. |
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 | No |
| 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 |
