Department of Restorative Dentistry, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Sakarya, Sakarya, Turkey.
J Dent Educ. 2024 Jun;88(6):786-797. doi: 10.1002/jdd.13477. Epub 2024 Feb 12.
The Medical Education Research Study Quality Instrument (MERSQI) has been used frequently to assess the methodological quality of medical education but not for dental education. The present study aimed to assess the methodological quality using MERSQI scores of articles published in the Journal of Dental Education (JDE) and the European Journal of Dental Education (EJDE).
A cross-sectional assessment of the quality of manuscripts published in 2012, 2017, and 2022 JDE and EJDE was conducted. MERSQI data, numbers of authors, first and corresponding author degrees, geographic origins, and funding information were also extracted for each included study. Descriptive and analytical statistics were conducted, and significance level was set at α < 0.05.
Four hundred ninety-five articles met the inclusion criteria. The most common study design was a single-group cross-sectional or single-group posttest and conducted in one institution for all studied years. In all journals and years, studies were assessed mainly by participants. The study outcome was mostly satisfaction, attitudes, perceptions, opinions, and general facts. The total mean MERSQI score for each journal and year varied. Year and geographic origin significantly affected the total MERSQI score. Papers originating from Asia had the highest score, followed by South America, Europe, North America, Oceania, and Africa.
MERSQI score is applicable to the assessment of the methodological quality of dental educational research. The MERSQI score for most of the domains was similar for both journals. The MERSQI score was affected by publication years and geographic origins.
医学教育研究质量工具（MERSQI）常用于评估医学教育的方法学质量，但不适用于牙科教育。本研究旨在使用 MERSQI 评分评估发表在《牙科学教育杂志》（JDE）和《欧洲牙科学教育杂志》（EJDE）上的文章的方法学质量。
对 2012 年、2017 年和 2022 年 JDE 和 EJDE 发表的手稿进行横断面评估。还提取了 MERSQI 数据、作者人数、第一作者和通讯作者的学位、地理来源和资助信息。进行了描述性和分析性统计，显著性水平设为 α < 0.05。
符合纳入标准的文章有 495 篇。最常见的研究设计是单组横断面或单组后测，所有研究年份均在一个机构进行。在所有期刊和年份中，研究主要由参与者评估。研究结果主要是满意度、态度、看法、意见和一般事实。每个期刊和年份的总平均 MERSQI 评分不同。年份和地理来源显著影响总 MERSQI 评分。来自亚洲的论文得分最高，其次是南美洲、欧洲、北美洲、大洋洲和非洲。
MERSQI 评分适用于评估牙科教育研究的方法学质量。两个期刊的大多数领域的 MERSQI 评分相似。MERSQI 评分受出版年份和地理来源的影响。
