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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 development involving a range of stakeholders from different disciplines (e.g. methodologists, statisticians, clinicians) Yes
Avoids recommending use of summary numerical quality scores Yes