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. 2025 May 30;25:803. doi: 10.1186/s12909-025-07203-w

Table 7.

Newcastle- Ottawa quality assessment scale for all included studies

Selection (****) Comparability (**) Outcome (***) Overall (*********)
Bolger et al. 2017 [11] **** * ** 7/9
Collins et al. 2017 [12] **** ** ** 8/9
Formisano et al. 2019 [13] **** * ** 7/9
Martin et al. 2019 [14] **** * ** 7/9
Waters et al. 2021 [15] **** ** *** 9/9
Unruh et al. 2023 [16] **** ** *** 9/9

*Equals one point, with a total of 9 points(*for each item and ** equals 2 points for comparability)