Table 2.
Quality assessment of final studies included in the study using the CASP checklist.
| No. | Are the results of the review valid? | Is it worth continuing? | Will the results help locally? | Final score | Reference | |||||
| Did the review address a clearly focused question? | Did the authors look for the right type of papers? | Do you think all the important, relevant studies were included? | Did the review’s authors do enough to assess quality of the included studies? | If the results of the review have been combined, was it reasonable to do so? | Can the results be applied to the local population? | Were all important outcomes considered? | Are the benefits worth the harms and costs? | |||
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14/16 | 43 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14/16 | 41 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12/16 | 44 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14/16 | 45 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12/16 | 42 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14/16 | 46 |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14/16 | 49 |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14/16 | 47 |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12/16 | 48 |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14/16 | 50 |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14/16 | 15 |