Table 2.
Quality Assessment Tool for Observational Cohort and Cross-Sectional Studies.
| ID | Authors | Criteria | Score | Quality rating | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q5 | Q6 | Q7 | Q8 | Q9 | Q10 | Q11 | Q12 | Q13 | Q14 | ||||
| 1 | Endrass et al. (2016) | 1 | 1 | 1 | .5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.5 | Fair |
| 2 | Izurieta et al. (2016) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | Fair |
| 3 | Ramos-Loyo et al. (2021) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | Good |
| 4 | Stewart et al. (2019) | 1 | 1 | 1 | .5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.5 | Fair |
| 5 | Weinbrecht et al. (2018) | 1 | 1 | 1 | .5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.5 | Fair |
| 6 | Xi et al. (2021) | 1 | 1 | 1 | .5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.5 | Fair |
Note: Ratings were conducted in accordance with the NIH quality assessment tool.