Table 2.
Results of the AMSTAR 2 methodological quality evaluation of the included meta-analysis
| AMSTAR 2 items | % | OC | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Review | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | ||
| Costello et al. [30] | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 90.63 | High |
| Bleakley et al. [28] | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 78.13 | High |
| Amiri et al. [26] | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 78.13 | High |
| McCartney et al. [37] | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 71.88 | Moderate |
| Alcantara et al. [25] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 1 | 1 | N/A | 1 | 69.23 | Moderate |
| Hendricks et al. [32] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 1 | N/A | 1 | 69.23 | Moderate |
| Kloby Nielsen et al. [33] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 68.75 | Moderate |
| Brown et al. [29] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 56.25 | Moderate |
| Lakićević [34] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 1 | 0 | N/A | 1 | 53.85 | Moderate |
| Ranchordas et al. [44] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 53.13 | Moderate |
| Loureiro et al. [35] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | N/A | 1 | 50.00 | Moderate |
| Malta et al. [36] | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50.00 | Moderate |
| Moore et al. [38] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50.00 | Moderate |
| Suhett et al. [45] | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 1 | 0 | N/A | 1 | 50.00 | Moderate |
| Murray and Cardinale [40] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 46.88 | Low |
| Ammar et al. [27] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | N/A | 1 | 46.15 | Low |
| Ortiz et al. [41] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 1 | 0 | N/A | 1 | 46.15 | Low |
| Davis et al. [31] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40.63 | Low |
| Poppendieck et al. [43] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40.63 | Low |
| Poppendieck et al. [42] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31.25 | Low |
| Mota et al. [39] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | N/A | 1 | 26.92 | Low |
| Engel et al. [24] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25.00 | Low |
| Born et al. [23] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.75 | Critically low |
N/A, not applicable; OC, overall confidence