Risk of Bias and Evidence Synthesis

Comparisons

Evidence quality

Highlighted claims

• Randomised controlled trials will use Cochrane Risk of Bias version 2.0, non-randomised studies will use ROBINS-I, and other designs will use Joanna Briggs Institute checklists. — Effectiveness of community-based public health strategies to reduce antimicrobial resistance in community settings in sub-Saharan Africa: a protocol of a systematic review
• Methodological quality will be assessed independently by two reviewers using tools matched to study design. — Effectiveness of community-based public health strategies to reduce antimicrobial resistance in community settings in sub-Saharan Africa: a protocol of a systematic review
• Meta-analysis will only be performed when studies are sufficiently homogeneous in design, intervention, and outcome measures. — Effectiveness of community-based public health strategies to reduce antimicrobial resistance in community settings in sub-Saharan Africa: a protocol of a systematic review
• The certainty of evidence for each outcome will be assessed using the GRADE framework. — Effectiveness of community-based public health strategies to reduce antimicrobial resistance in community settings in sub-Saharan Africa: a protocol of a systematic review
• The review will use narrative synthesis and may use quantitative synthesis when appropriate. — Effectiveness of community-based public health strategies to reduce antimicrobial resistance in community settings in sub-Saharan Africa: a protocol of a systematic review
• Substantial heterogeneity will be defined as an I² value above 50%, leading to use of a random-effects model. — Effectiveness of community-based public health strategies to reduce antimicrobial resistance in community settings in sub-Saharan Africa: a protocol of a systematic review