Table 6.
Quality of included studies with scores across reporting, external validity, and internal validity sub-scales. SD: Standard deviation.
| Author, Year | Reporting (/9) |
External Validity (/3) |
Internal Validity (/7) |
Total Score (/19) |
Relative Score (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toth et al., 2018 [19] | 7 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 68% |
| John et al., 2018 [36] | 6 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 63% |
| Ata et al., 2018 [34] | 7 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 68% |
| Tedesco et al., 2019 [39] | 6 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 63% |
| Ho et al., 2019 [35] | 6 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 63% |
| Lynn et al., 2020 [37] | 6 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 63% |
| Mora-Gonzalez et al., 2022 [38] | 8 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 74% |
| Anens et al., 2023 [33] | 9 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 79% |
| Mean ± SD | 6.9 ± 1.1 | 1.0 ± 0.0 | 5.0 ± 0.0 | 12.9 ± 1.1 | 67.6 ± 6.0% |