| Study design(s) targeted by the tool | Animal studiesanimal-studies |
|---|---|
| Additional details on designs | Animal studies, RCT, observational |
| Tool area | Animal |
| Link to the tool | Access the paper reporting the SYRCLE tool |
Details | |
| Website | https://norecopa.no/more-resources/literature-searches-and-systematic-reviews/ |
| Primary publication | Hooijmans CR, Rovers MM, de Vries RBM, Leenaars M, Ritskes-Hoitinga M, Langendam MW. SYRCLE’s risk of bias tool for animal studies. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 2014;14(1):43. |
| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2288-14-43 |
| Guidance document | |
| Training | None known – please contact us if you are aware of any training that should be listed here |
| Language | English |
| Translations | None known – please contact us if you are aware of any translations that should be listed here |
| Record last updated | 15/08/2023 |
Related tools and Publications | |
| Previous versions | None |
| 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 | 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 | 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 |
