Table 3.
R-AMSTAR scores for methodological quality of systematic reviews
Systematic Review |
R-AMSTAR Scores Per Criterion (/4)* |
R-AMSTAR Total (/44) | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||
Aladro-Gonzalvo et al. 2012 [10] |
4 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
37 |
La Touche et al. (2008) [6] |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
19 |
Lim et al. (2011) [7] |
4 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
35 |
Pereira et al. (2012) [8] |
3 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
32 |
Posadzki et al. (2011) [9] |
3 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
30 |
* Note: | ||||||||||||
R-AMSTAR Item |
Description |
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1. |
Was an ‘a priori’ design provided? |
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2. |
Was there duplicate study selection and data extraction? |
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3. |
Was a comprehensive literature search performed? |
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4. |
Was the status of publication (i.e. grey literature) used as an inclusion criterion? |
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5. |
Was a list of studies (included and excluded) provided? |
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6. |
Were the characteristics of the included studies provided? |
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7. |
Was the scientific quality of the included studies assessed and documented? |
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8. |
Was the scientific quality of the included studies used appropriately in formulating conclusions? |
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9. |
Were the methods used to combine the findings of studies appropriate? |
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10. |
Was the likelihood of publication bias (a.k.a. “file drawer” effect) assessed? |
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11. |
Was the conflict of interest stated? |
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R-AMSTAR Score |
Interpretation |
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1 |
Score if satisfied 0 of the criteria [Items 1,2,4,6,10,11] or 0 or 1 of the criteria [Items 3,5, 7–9] |
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2 |
Score if satisfied 1 of the criteria [Items 1,2,4,6,10,11] or 2 of the criteria [Items 3,5, 7–9] |
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3 |
Score if satisfied 2 of the criteria [Items 1,2,4,6,10,11] or 3 of the criteria [Items 3,5, 7–9] |
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4 | Score if satisfies 3 of the criteria [Items 1,2,4,6,10,11] or 4 of the criteria [Items 3,5, 7–9] |
Adapted from Kung, Chiappelli, Cajulis, Avezova, Kossan, 2010 [15].