Methodological Quality Assessment of Meta-Analyses and Systematic Reviews of Probiotics in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Pouchitis.

Jinpei DongGuigen TengTiantong WeiWen GaoHuahong Wang

Published in: PloS one (2016)

The overall methodological quality of the current MAs/SRs in the field of probiotics for IBD and pouchitis was found to be low to moderate. More MAs/SRs of high quality are required to support using probiotics to treat IBD and pouchitis.

Keyphrases

meta analyses
systematic review
ulcerative colitis
randomized controlled trial
high intensity
quality improvement