| name | risk-of-bias-assessment |
| description | Assess methodological bias using RoB2, PROBAST, or QUADAS-2 validated tools |
| execution | subagent |
| prompt | ./prompt.md |
| input | study_metadata, study_design |
| used-by | meta-analysis |
Risk of Bias Assessment SOP
Conduct structured risk-of-bias assessment for individual studies using the appropriate validated tool (RoB 2.0, ROBINS-I, QUADAS-2, PROBAST, or Newcastle-Ottawa Scale).
When to Use
- During quality assessment of each included study
- When deciding sensitivity analysis groupings
- When assessing GRADE certainty (risk of bias domain)
Input
study_metadata: Study characteristics, methods description, and results
study_design: The study design (RCT, non-randomized, diagnostic, prediction model, observational)
Output
Domain-level risk-of-bias judgments with supporting rationale for each signaling question.