Annexure 4:
Quality assessment of the included studies using the JBI critical appraisal tool for prevalence studies.
| S.No. | Author | Year of publication | 1. Was the sample frame appropriate to address the target population? | 2. Were study participants sampled in an appropriate way? | 3. Was the sample size adequate? | 4. Were the study subjects and the setting described in detail? | 5. Was the data analysis conducted with sufficient coverage of the identified sample? | 6. Were valid methods used for the identification of the condition? | 7. Was the condition measured in a standard, reliable way for all participants? | 8. Was there appropriate statistical analysis? | 9. Was the response rate adequate, and if not, was the low response rate managed appropriately? | Total number of ‘yes’ | Overall appraisal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Chandra et al.[11] | 2016 | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 7/9 (Good) | Include |
| 2. | Daya et al.[12] | 2017 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9/9 (Good) | Include |
| 3. | Elayaperumal et al.[13] | 2018 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unclear | Yes | Unclear | 7/9 (Good) | Include |
| 4. | Kaur et al.[22] | 2020 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Unclear | Yes | Unclear | No | Yes | 5/9 (Fair) | Include |
| 5. | Sudhakaran et al.[8] | 2021 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unclear | 8/9 (Good) | Include |
| 6. | Chandra et al.[7] | 2022 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9/9 (Good) | Include |
| 7. | Gowda et al.[10] | 2022 | Unclear | Unclear | Yes | No | No | Unclear | Unclear | Yes | Unclear | 2/9 (Poor) | Exclude |
| 8. | Chandra et al.[14] | 2023 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9/9 (Good) | Include |