TY - JOUR
T1 - Quality assessment of observational studies in psychiatry
T2 - An examplefrom perinatal psychiatric research
AU - Ross, L. E.
AU - Grigoriadis, S.
AU - Mamisashvili, L.
AU - Koren, G.
AU - Steiner, M.
AU - Dennis, C. L.
AU - Cheung, A.
AU - Mousmanis, P.
PY - 2011/12
Y1 - 2011/12
N2 - In perinatal psychiatry, randomized controlled trials are often not feasible on ethical grounds. Many studies are observational in nature, while others employ large databases not designed primarily for research purposes. Quality assessment of the resulting research is complicated by a lack of standardized tools specifically for this purpose. The aim of this paper is to describe the Systematic Assessment of Quality in Observational Research (SAQOR), a quality assessment tool our team devised for a series of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of evidence-based literature regarding risks and benefits of antidepressant medication during pregnancy.
AB - In perinatal psychiatry, randomized controlled trials are often not feasible on ethical grounds. Many studies are observational in nature, while others employ large databases not designed primarily for research purposes. Quality assessment of the resulting research is complicated by a lack of standardized tools specifically for this purpose. The aim of this paper is to describe the Systematic Assessment of Quality in Observational Research (SAQOR), a quality assessment tool our team devised for a series of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of evidence-based literature regarding risks and benefits of antidepressant medication during pregnancy.
KW - Antidepressant medication
KW - Depression in pregnancy
KW - Quality assessment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=82155192831&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/mpr.356
DO - 10.1002/mpr.356
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C2 - 22113965
AN - SCOPUS:82155192831
SN - 1049-8931
VL - 20
SP - 224
EP - 234
JO - International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research
JF - International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research
IS - 4
ER -