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Type of methodological quality assessment recommended to be used by Cochrane Review Groups. Values are numbers (percentages)
| Type | Recommended (n = 50) |
| Component | 41 (82) |
| Component explicitly recommended, reservations towards scales | 16 (32) |
| Component explicitly recommended | 18 (36) |
| Component recommended through quotation of Cochrane Handbook | 3 (6) |
| Component assumed recommended as there was no information | 4 (8) |
| Scale | 9 (18) |
| Scale explicitly recommended | 7 (14) |
| Scale optional | 2 (4) |
