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Table 5 Inter-rater agreement

From: A comparison of two assessment tools used in overviews of systematic reviews: ROBIS versus AMSTAR-2

ROBIS question

No. of studies

Gwet’s AC1/Gwet’s AC2

95% CI

Domain 1: study eligibility criteria

 1.1

30

0.62

0.38, 0.85

 1.2

31

0.70

0.56, 0.84

 1.3

31

0.69

0.56, 0.82

 1.4

31

0.61

0.48, 0.74

 1.5

31

0.56

0.37, 0.74

 Domain 1 Concerns regarding specification of study eligibility criteria

31

0.45

0.22, 0.67

Domain 2: identification and selection of studies

 2.1

31

0.53

0.41, 0.65

 2.2

30

0.53

0.35, 0.71

 2.3

31

0.62

0.47, 0.77

 2.4

31

0.41

0.20, 0.62

 2.5

29

0.59

0.30, 0.88

 Domain 2 Concerns regarding methods used to identify and/or select studies

31

0.36

0.17, 0.55

Domain 3: data collection and study appraisal

 3.1

29

0.88

0.68, 1.00

 3.2

31

0.66

0.51, 0.82

 3.3

31

0.65

0.51, 0.78

 3.4

31

0.77

0.61, 0.93

 3.5

30

0.73

0.48, 0.98

 Domain 3 Concerns regarding methods used to collect data and appraise studies

31

0.55

0.35, 0.76

Domain 4: synthesis and findings

 4.1

31

0.60

0.46, 0.74

 4.2

29

0.48

0.28, 0.68

 4.3

31

0.77

0.66, 0.88

 4.4

31

0.18

− 0.02, 0.37

 4.5

30

0.22

0.02, 0.43

 4.6

31

0.39

0.17, 0.62

 Domain 4 Concerns regarding the synthesis and findings

31

0.17

− 0.03, 0.37

Risk of bias in the review

 A

31

0.28

0.09, 0.47

 B

31

0.64

0.54, 0.75

 C

31

0.45

0.31, 0.60

 ROB

31

0.45

0.24, 0.66