Assessing the complexity of interventions within systematic reviews: development, content and use of a new tool (iCAT_SR).

Simon LewinMaggie HendryJackie ChandlerAndrew D OxmanSusan MichieSasha ShepperdBarnaby C ReevesPeter TugwellKarin HannesEva A RehfuessVivien WelchJoanne E MckenzieBelinda BurfordJennifer PetkovicLaurie M AndersonJanet HarrisJane Noyes

Published in: BMC medical research methodology (2017)

The iCAT_SR tool facilitates more in-depth, systematic assessment of the complexity of interventions in systematic reviews and can assist in undertaking reviews and interpreting review findings. Further testing of the tool is now needed.

Keyphrases

systematic review
meta analyses
physical activity
optical coherence tomography
randomized controlled trial