Table 3.

Scoring Summary of Studies in Telehospice

	QUALITY OF METHODOLOGY												PERTINENCE
PRIMARY AUTHOR (DATE)	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	MEAN TOTAL	1	2	3	TOTAL
Qualitative Studies
Carr et al. (2008)15	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	9	5	3	3	11
Cook et al. (2001)16	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	5	3	5	13
Day et al. (2007)11	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	11	3	3	5	11
Demiris et al. (2004)20	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10	5		3	12
Demiris et al. (2008)21	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	11	5	5	4	14
Parker Oliver et al. (2009)29	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	11	5	4	4	13
Parker Oliver et al. (2006)9	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	6	5	3	2	10
Mean Qualitative Score												9.0	Mean Total			12
Possible score 0–11													Possible 15
Quantitative Studies
Demiris et al. (2007)19	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	14	4	4	2	10
Doolittle (2000)22	2	0	2	2	0	2	NA	2	0	0	0	10	5	5	1	11
Doolittle et al. (2005)23	2	1	2	2	0	2	NA	2	0	0	0	11	5	4	1	10
Gregory et al. (2007)24	2	1	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	13	5	5	2	12
Hong et al. (2009)25	2	0	1	0	0	2	NA	2	0	0	0	7	5	3	4	11
Long et al. (2000)26	2	0	0	2	0	2	NA	2	0	0	0	8	4	5	3	12
Parker Oliver and Demiris (2004)27	2	0	2	2	0	2	NA	2	0	0	0	10	4	5	4	13
Oliver and Haggarty (2003)28	2	0	1	1	0	1	NA	2	0	0	0	7	5	5	4	14
Parker Oliver et al. (2005)30	2	2	1	2	0	1	NA	1	0	0	0	9	5	3	4	12
Parker Oliver et al. (2010)10	2	0	2	2	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	13	5	5	4	14
Quan et al. (2003)31	2	1	1	1	0	2	NA	1	0	0	0	8	5	4	4	13
Saysell and Routley (2003)32	1	0	1	1	0	1	NA	2	0	0	0	6	5	5	4	14
Washington et al. (2009)33	1	1	2	2	0	2	NA	2	0	0	0	10	3	4	4	11
Whitten et al. (2006)7	2	0	1	1	0	2	NA	2	0	0	0	8	5	5	4	14
Whitten et al. (2004)34	2	0	1	2	0	2	NA	2	0	0	0	9	4	5	4	13
Whitten et al. (2005)35	2	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	8	3	4	4	11
Whitten et al. (2009)13	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	7	4	4	3	11
Whitten et al. (2005)36	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	5	2	4	4	10
Wilkie et al. (2009)37	2	0	2	2	0	2	NA	2	0	0	0	10	5	3	4	12
Mean Quantitative Score												9.1	Mean Total			12
Possible score 0–22													Possible 15