Study design(s) targeted by the tool | Animal studiesanimal-studies |
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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 development involving a range of stakeholders from different disciplines (e.g. methodologists, statisticians, clinicians) | Yes |
Avoids recommending use of summary numerical quality scores | Yes |