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Table 5.

Scale for the Assessment of Narrative Review Articles

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	Item	Rating: 0, 1 or 2^a
1	Justification of the article's importance for the readership
2	Statement of concrete aims or formulation of questions
3	Description of the literature search
4	Referencing
5	Scientific reasoning
6	Appropriate presentation of data
	Total score^a

Notes on ratings—list by item number.

^{^a}

Quality rating as follows: 10–12 = High; 6–9 = Acceptable; <6 = Unacceptable.