Table 2.
Categories of quality scoring (maximum points value) | Average (%) of the maximum category quality score (range) | ICCa for interobserver agreement (95% CI) | |
Cross-sectional (n = 7) | Cohort studies (n = 1) | ||
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Selection (20 points) | 15.8 (14.7–16.0) | 18.7 | 0.659 (−0.015–0.922) |
Exposure (30 points) | 24.3 (18.3–30.0) | 20.0 | 0.870 (0.563–0.972) |
Outcome (20 points) | 14.7 (1.3–17.3) | 16.0 | 0.958 (0.644–0.992) |
Confounders (20 points) | 18.6 (13.3–20.0) | 10.0 | 0.578 (−0.188–0.902) |
Analysis (10 points) | 10 (10.0-10.0) | 9.3 | 0.001 (−0.238–0.782) |
Total quality score (100 points) | 84.1 (61.0–93.3) | 74.0 | 0.884 (0.620–0.975) |
aICC: intraclass correlation coefficient.