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Agreement between the Cochrane risk of bias tool and Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) scale: A meta-epidemiological study of randomized controlled trials of physical therapy interventions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Cochrane risk of bias (CROB) tool and Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) scale are used to evaluate risk of bias of randomized controlled trials. We assessed the level of agreement between the instruments.

Methods

We searched the Cochrane Library to identify trials included in systematic reviews evaluating physical therapy interventions. For trials that met our inclusion criteria (primary reference in Cochrane review, review used CROB (2008 version), indexed in PEDro), CROB items were extracted from the reviews and PEDro items and total score were downloaded from PEDro. Kappa statistics were used to determine the agreement between CROB and PEDro scale items that evaluate similar constructs (e.g., randomization). The total PEDro score was compared to the CROB summary score (% of items met) using an Intraclass Correlation Coefficient. Sensitivity analyses explored the impact of the CROB "unclear" category and variants of CROB blinding items. Kappa statistics were used to determine agreement between different thresholds for "acceptable" risk of bias between CROB and PEDro scale summary scores.

Results

We included 1442 trials from 108 Cochrane reviews. Agreement was "moderate" for three of the six CROB and PEDro scale items that evaluate similar constructs (allocation concealment, participant blinding, assessor blinding; Kappa = 0.479-0.582). Agreement between the summary scores was "poor" (Intraclass Correlation Coefficient = 0.285). Agreement was highest when the CROB "unclear" category was collapsed with "high" and when participant, personnel and assessor blinding were evaluated separately in CROB. Agreement for different thresholds for "acceptable" risk of bias between CROB and PEDro summary scores was, at best, "fair".

Conclusion

There was moderate agreement for half of the PEDro and CROB items that evaluate similar constructs. Interpretation of the CROB "unclear" category and variants of the CROB blinding items substantially influenced agreement. Either instrument can be used to quantify risk of bias, but they can't be used interchangeably.

SUBMITTER: Moseley AM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6752782 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Agreement between the Cochrane risk of bias tool and Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) scale: A meta-epidemiological study of randomized controlled trials of physical therapy interventions.

Moseley Anne M AM Rahman Prinon P Wells George A GA Zadro Joshua R JR Sherrington Catherine C Toupin-April Karine K Brosseau Lucie L

PloS one 20190919 9

<h4>Background</h4>The Cochrane risk of bias (CROB) tool and Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) scale are used to evaluate risk of bias of randomized controlled trials. We assessed the level of agreement between the instruments.<h4>Methods</h4>We searched the Cochrane Library to identify trials included in systematic reviews evaluating physical therapy interventions. For trials that met our inclusion criteria (primary reference in Cochrane review, review used CROB (2008 version), indexed in ...[more]

PMID: 31536575

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Agreement between the Cochrane risk of bias tool and Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) scale: A meta-epidemiological study of randomized controlled trials of physical therapy interventions.

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Agreement between the Cochrane risk of bias tool and Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) scale: A meta-epidemiological study of randomized controlled trials of physical therapy interventions.

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