Table 1.
Standard quality assessment criteria for evaluating primary research paper checklist
| Study | Questions | Score (%) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||
| Stolze et al., 2000 [17] | Y | Y | Y | Y | n/a | n/a | n/a | Y | n/a | Y | Y | n/a | Y | Y | 100 |
| Schniepp et al., 2016 [18] | Y | Y | Y | Y | n/a | n/a | n/a | Y | n/a | Y | Y | n/a | Y | Y | 100 |
| Marques et al., 2017 [19] | Y | Y | Y | Y | n/a | n/a | n/a | Y | n/a | Y | Y | n/a | Y | Y | 100 |
| Allali et al., 2017 [20] | Y | Y | Y | Y | n/a | n/a | n/a | Y | n/a | Y | Y | n/a | P | Y | 94 |
| Bovonsunthonchai et al., 2018 [21] | Y | Y | Y | P | n/a | n/a | n/a | Y | n/a | P | Y | n/a | Y | Y | 89 |
| Souza et al., 2018 [22] | Y | N | Y | Y | n/a | n/a | n/a | Y | n/a | Y | N | n/a | N | Y | 67 |
| Lim et al., 2019 [23] | Y | Y | Y | Y | n/a | n/a | n/a | Y | n/a | Y | Y | n/a | N | Y | 89 |
| Giannini et al., 2019 [24] | Y | Y | Y | Y | n/a | n/a | n/a | Y | n/a | Y | Y | n/a | Y | Y | 100 |
| Isik et al., 2019 [25] | Y | Y | Y | P | n/a | n/a | n/a | Y | n/a | Y | Y | n/a | Y | Y | 94 |
| Ferrari et al., 2020 [26] | Y | Y | Y | Y | n/a | n/a | n/a | Y | n/a | Y | Y | n/a | Y | Y | 100 |
| Sun et al., 2020 [27] | Y | Y | N | N | n/a | n/a | n/a | Y | n/a | Y | N | n/a | Y | Y | 67 |
| Griffa et al., 2020 [28] | Y | Y | Y | Y | n/a | n/a | n/a | Y | n/a | Y | Y | n/a | Y | Y | 100 |
| Morel et al., 2021 [29] | Y | Y | Y | Y | n/a | n/a | n/a | Y | n/a | Y | Y | n/a | Y | Y | 100 |
| Chunyan et al., 2021 [30] | Y | N | Y | Y | n/a | n/a | n/a | Y | n/a | Y | Y | n/a | N | Y | 78 |
| Matsuoka et al., 2022 [31] | Y | Y | N | N | n/a | Y | n/a | Y | n/a | Y | N | n/a | Y | Y | 70 |
| Chen et al., 2018 [32] | Y | Y | Y | Y | n/a | n/a | n/a | Y | n/a | Y | Y | n/a | N | Y | 89 |
| Nikaido et al., 2018 [33] | Y | Y | Y | N | n/a | n/a | n/a | Y | n/a | Y | Y | n/a | N | Y | 78 |
| Kitade et al., 2018 [34] | Y | Y | P | Y | n/a | n/a | n/a | P | n/a | Y | Y | n/a | Y | Y | 89 |
| Song et al., 2018 [35] | Y | Y | Y | N | n/a | n/a | n/a | Y | n/a | Y | N | n/a | N | Y | 67 |
| Baltateanu et al., 2019 [36] | Y | Y | N | N | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | N | N | n/a | Y | Y | 50 |
| Sundström et al., 2022 [37] | Y | Y | N | N | n/a | n/a | n/a | Y | n/a | Y | Y | n/a | Y | Y | 78 |
| Gago et al., 2022 [38] | Y | Y | N | Y | n/a | n/a | n/a | N | n/a | Y | Y | n/a | Y | Y | 78 |
| Hülser et al., 2022 [39] | Y | Y | P | P | n/a | n/a | n/a | Y | n/a | Y | Y | n/a | Y | Y | 89 |
| Hallqvist et al., 2022 [40] | Y | Y | N | N | n/a | n/a | n/a | Y | n/a | Y | Y | n/a | Y | Y | 78 |
| Ferrari et al., 2022 [7] | Y | Y | Y | N | n/a | n/a | n/a | Y | n/a | Y | Y | n/a | Y | Y | 89 |
| Giannini et al., 2023 [41] | Y | Y | Y | Y | n/a | n/a | n/a | Y | n/a | Y | Y | n/a | Y | Y | 100 |
| Mean | 85.9 | ||||||||||||||
Studies presented in chronological order. The question numbers of the standardized instrument standard quality assessment criteria for evaluating primary research paper checklist are as follows:
1 Question/objective sufficiently described?
2 Study design evident and appropriate?
3 Method of subject/comparison group selection or source of information/input variables described and appropriate?
4 Subject (and comparison group, if applicable) characteristics sufficiently described?
5 If interventional and random allocation was possible, was it described?
6 If interventional and blinding of investigators was possible, was it reported?
7 If interventional and blinding of subjects was possible, was it reported?
8 Outcome and (if applicable) exposure measure(s) well defined and robust to measurement/misclassification bias? Means of assessment reported?
9 Sample size appropriate?
10 Analytic methods described/justified and appropriate?
11 Some estimate of variance is reported for the main results?
12 Controlled for confounding?
13 Results reported in sufficient detail?
14 Conclusions supported by the results?
Y = yes; N = no; P = partial; n/a = not applicable
Y: yes (2 points); N: no (0 points); n/a: not applicable; P: partial (1 point)