Table 2.
Quality of assessment using AMSTAR-2
| AMSTAR-2 itemsa | Quality score | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Authors | Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Total | |
| Assemie et al.15 | 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 24 | Moderate |
| Bayih et al.18 | 2021 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 30 | High |
| Belachew and Tewabe21 | 2020 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 26 | Moderate |
| Desta et al.19 | 2021 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 28 | Moderate |
| Seyoum et al.20 | 2023 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 25 | Moderate |
AMSTAR, Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews.
a
Scores for each item are between 0 and 2, where one point is awarded if the study had partial inclusion of methods that reduced bias, and two points were awarded for full inclusion of methods to reduce the risk of bias. This tool is available at https://amstar.ca/Amstar_Checklist.php.