Justification of research using systematic reviews continues to be inconsistent in clinical health science—A systematic review and meta-analysis of meta-research studies

• Jane Andreasen ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jaan@rn.dk

  Affiliation Department of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark and Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Department of Health, Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8000-1553

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• Birgitte Nørgaard,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark Odense, Denmark

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• Eva Draborg,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark Odense, Denmark

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5894-7243

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• Carsten Bogh Juhl,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark and Department of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev and Gentofte, Herlev, Denmark

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• Jennifer Yost,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, United States of America

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• Klara Brunnhuber,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Digital Content Services, Elsevier, London, United Kingdom

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• Karen A. Robinson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States of America

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• Hans Lund

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Evidence-Based Practice, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6847-8324

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