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. 2014 Apr 25;8:519–563. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S47290

Table S3.

Results of judging methodologic quality

First author Overall quality Domain free of bias?
Study participation Study attrition Prognostic factor measurement Outcome measurement Confounding measurement and account Analysis
Bottonari13 Low No No Partly Partly No No
De Geest24 Low No Yes Partly Yes No Partly
Delgado10 Low Partly Yes Partly Partly Partly Partly
Deschamps8 Low No Partly No Yes No No
Dew27 Low No Yes Yes Partly Partly Partly
Dew28 Low Yes Partly Partly Partly Partly Partly
DiMatteo30 Low Partly No Partly No No No
Dobbels29 Low Yes Partly Partly Partly Partly No
Gazmararian3 Low Yes Partly Partly Yes Partly Yes
Godin14 Low Partly Yes No Partly Partly Partly
Grégoire5 Low Partly No No Partly No Partly
Holmes9 Low Partly Yes Partly Partly Partly Yes
Kacanek15 Low No Yes Partly Partly No Yes
Martini16 Low Partly No No Partly No No
Mellins17 Low Partly Partly Partly No No No
Miller6 Low No Partly Partly No Partly Partly
Nabi4 Low Partly Partly Partly Partly Partly Yes
Nilsson Schönnesson18 Low Partly Yes Partly No Partly No
Ponieman1 Low No No Partly Partly Partly Partly
Russell25 Low No No Partly Partly No Partly
Singh11 Low No Yes Partly Partly Partly No
Singh12 Low Partly Yes Partly Partly No No
Stilley23 Low Yes Partly Partly No No No
Thrasher19 Low Yes Partly Partly Partly Partly Partly
Venturini2 Low Yes Partly Partly Yes Partly Partly
Weng26 Low Partly No Yes Partly Partly Yes
Molloy7 Low No Yes Partly No Partly Partly
Horne20 Low Yes Yes Partly Partly No Yes
Mugavero21 Low Yes No Yes Partly Partly Yes
Carrieri22 Low No Yes No Partly Partly Yes