Appendix 4: AMSTAR2 grading of systematic reviews and meta-analyses
The quality of systematic reviews and meta-analyses used in the formulation of recommendations was assessed using AMSTAR2 (https://amstar.ca/Amstar-2.php).
Section | Reference | Type of study | AMSTAR2 grading | Reference |
3. Fracture risk assessment and case finding | Bai et al 2020 | MA | Low | 59 |
Gausden et al 2017 | SR | Medium | 106 | |
Johannesdottir et al 2018 | SR | Low | 41 | |
Kanis et al 2016 | SR | Medium | 78 | |
Marshall et al 1996 | MA | Critically Low | 28 | |
Merlijn et al 2019 | SR & MA | Critically Low | 113 | |
Mortensen et al 2020 | SR & MA | Medium | 65 | |
Singh-Ospina et al 2017 | SR & MA | Low | 72 | |
Vilaca et al 2020 | SR & MA | Low | 58 | |
Zhang et al 2020 | SR & MA | Low | 115 | |
4. Intervention thresholds and management strategy | Kanis et al 2016 | SR | Medium | 78 |
5. Non-pharmacological management of osteoporosis | Babatunde et al 2020 | SR & MA | Medium | 169 |
El-Khoury et al 2013 | SR & MA | Medium | 175 | |
Darling et al 2019 | SR & MA | Medium | 153 | |
Fabiani et al 2019 | SR & MA | Medium | 150 | |
Gillespie et al 2012 | SR & MA | High | 179 | |
Groenendijk et al 2019 | SR & MA | Medium | 152 | |
Iguacel et al 2018 | SR & MA | High | 155 | |
Howe et al 2011 | SR & MA | High | 167 | |
Jepsen et al 2017 | SR & MA | Medium | 180 | |
Kahwati et al 2018 | SR & MA | Medium | 164 | |
Kelley et al 2000 | SR & MA | Medium | 170 | |
Kemmler et al 2020 | SR & MA | Low | 168 | |
Kunutsor et al 2018 | SR & MA | Medium | 172 | |
Min et al 2017 | SR & MA | Low | 183 | |
Shen et al 2015 | SR & MA | Medium | 182 | |
Sherrington et al 2017 | SR & MA | Low | 178 | |
Sherrington et al 2019 | SR & MA | High | 176 | |
Yao et al 2019 | SR & MA | Medium | 160 | |
Zhao et al 2019 | SR & MA | Low | 177 | |
6. Pharmacological treatment options | Diez-Perez et al 2019 | SR & MA | Medium | 238 |
Gartlehner et al 2017 | SR & MA | Medium | 326 | |
Nayak et al 2017 | SR & MA | Low | 327 | |
Poon et al 2018 | SR & MA | Low | 286 | |
Simpson et al 2020 | SR & MA | Medium | 239 | |
Zeng et al 2019 | SR & MA | Medium | 328 | |
7. Strategies for management of osteoporosis and fracture risk | Deng et al 2020 | SR & MA | Low | 279 |
Dennison et al 2019 | SR | Medium | 214 | |
Gedmintas et al 2013 | SR & MA | Medium | 272 | |
Khan et al 2015 | SR | Medium | 265 | |
Miyashita et al 2020 | SR & MA | Low | 291 | |
Nayak et al 2019 | SR & MA | High | 254 | |
Tsourdi et al 2020 | SR | Medium | 212 | |
Wang et al 2018 | SR & MA | Critically Low | 329 | |
Yanbeiy et al 2019 | SR & MA | Low | 330 | |
8. Management of symptomatic osteoporotic vertebral fractures | Al-Sari et al 2016 | SR & MA | Low | 14 |
British Geriatric Society 2013 | SR | Medium | 294 | |
Buchbinder et al 2018 | SR & MA | High | 302 | |
Ebeling et al 2019 | SR & MA | Critically Low | 299 | |
Gibbs et al 2019 | SR | Medium | 298 | |
Hofler et al 2020 | SR | Low | 301 | |
Knopp-Sihota et al 2012 | SR & MA | Medium | 295 | |
Svensson et al 2017 | SR | Low | 300 | |
9. Models of care for fracture prevention | Ganda et al 2013 | SR & MA | Critically Low | 310 |
Ganda et al 2019 | SR & MA | Low | 311 | |
Martin et al 2020 | SR & MA | Medium | 319 | |
Paskins et al 2020 | SR | Medium | 316 | |
Wu et al 2018 | SR | Critically Low | 305 | |
Wu et al 2018 | SR & MA | Low | 312 |