From: A comparison of two assessment tools used in overviews of systematic reviews: ROBIS versus AMSTAR-2
Author (date), CAM | 1. Were PICO components listed? | 2. Protocol reported? Any deviations justified? | 3. Study design justified? | 4. Comprehensive literature search? | 5. Was study selection performed in duplicate? | 6. Was data extraction performed in duplicate? | 7. List of excluded studies? Were these justified? | 8. Characteristics of studies provided in detail? |
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Fibromyalgia | ||||||||
 Multiple cam therapies | ||||||||
  Holdcraft 2003 [14] | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
  Baronowsky 2009 [15] | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | |
  De Silva 2010 [18] | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
 Homoeopathy | ||||||||
  Perry 2010 [19] | Yes | No | No | PY | Yes | Yes | No | PY |
  Boehm 2014 [20] | No | No | No | PY | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
 Chiropractic treatment | ||||||||
  Ernst 2009 [21] | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
 Acupuncture | ||||||||
  Mayhew and Ernst 2007 [22] | No | No | No | PY | No | Yes | No | PY |
  Daya 2007 [23] | No | No | No | PY | No | No | No | PY |
  Langhorst 2010 [24] | Yes | No | No | PY | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
  Martin-Sanchez 2009 [25] | Yes | No | No | PY | No | No | No | No |
  Cao 2013 [26] | Yes | No | No | PY | yes | Yes | No | Yes |
  Deare 2013 [13] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
  Yang 2014 [27] | Yes | No | No | PY | Yes | Yes | No | No |
 Herbal medicines | ||||||||
  de Souza Nascimento 2013 [28] | Yes | No | yes | No | No | Yes | No | PY |
Colic | ||||||||
 Multiple cam therapies | ||||||||
  Perry 2011 [29] | Yes | PY | No | PY | PY | Yes | No | Yes |
  Bruyas-Bertholon 2012 [30] | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | PY |
  Harb 2016 [31] | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | PY |
  Gutierrez-Castrellon 2017 [32] | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
 Manipulation therapies | ||||||||
  Dobson 2012 [33] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
  Gleberzon 2012 [34] | No | No | No | PY | No | Yes | No | PY |
  Carnes 2017 [35] | No | PY | No | PY | Yes | Yes | No | PY |
 Acupuncture | ||||||||
  Skejeie 2018 [36] | Yes | PY | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
 Herbal medicines | ||||||||
  Anheyer 2017 [37] | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
 Probiotics | ||||||||
  Sung 2013 [38] | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | PY |
  Anabrees 2013 [39] | Yes | PY | No | PY | No | Yes | No | Yes |
  Urbanska 2014 [40] | Yes | No | No | PY | No | No | No | PY |
  Xu 2015 [41] | No | No | No | PY | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
  Schreck Bird 2017 [42] | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
  Dryl 2018 [43] | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | PY |
  Sung 2018 [44] | Yes | PY | No | PYb | No | No | No | No |
9. Risk of bias assessed? | 10. Sources of funding of included studies? | 11. Methods used to combine the findings of studies appropriate? Test on heterogeneity? | 12. If meta-analysis performed was RoB accounted for? | 13. Was RoB discussed in individual studies? | 14. Was there discussion of any heterogeneity observed in the results? | 15. If a quantitative synthesis, was publication bias investigated and discussed in relation to the results? | 16. Reviewers’ conflict of interests stated? | Confidence in the review |
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Fibromyalgia | ||||||||
 Multiple cam therapies | ||||||||
PY | No | No MA | No MA | Yes | Â | No MA | No | CL |
No | No | No MA | No MA | Yes | No | No MA | No | CL |
Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | CL |
No | No | No MA | No MA | Yes | Yes | No MA | Yes | CL |
 Homoeopathy |  | |||||||
Yes | No | No MA | No MA | Yes | Yes | No MA | Yes | CL |
Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | CL |
 Chiropractic treatment |  | |||||||
No | No | No MA | No MA | Yes | No | No MA | Yes | CL |
 Acupuncture |  | |||||||
No | NO | No MA | No MA | Yes | Yes | No MA | Yes | CL |
PY | No | No MA | No MA | No | No | No MA | No | CL |
Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | CL |
No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | CL |
Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | CL |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Low |
Yes | No | No | No | No | Noa | Yes | No | CL |
 Herbal medicines |  | |||||||
Yes | No | No MA | No MA | No | No | No MA | Yes | CL |
Colic | ||||||||
 Multiple cam therapies | ||||||||
Yes | No | No MA | No MA | Yes | No | No MA | Yes | Low |
PY | No | No MA | No MA | No | No | No MA | No | CL |
Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | CL |
No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | CL |
 Manipulation therapies |  | |||||||
Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Noa | Yes | Yes | High |
No | No | No MA | No MA | Yes | No | No MA | No | CL |
Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | CL |
 Acupuncture | ||||||||
Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Nod | Low |
 Herbal medicines | ||||||||
Yes | No | No MA | No MA | No | No | No MA | Yes | CL |
 Probiotics | ||||||||
Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | CL |
Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Low |
Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | CL |
Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | CL |
Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | CL |
Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | CL |
Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Noc | Low |