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. 2015 Dec 17;8(8):74–93. doi: 10.5539/gjhs.v8n8p74

Table 2.

Quality of intervention* evidence

Study Sessions <= 2 Having Follow-up Intervention fidelity < 3 items Quality1
Hosseinian (2012) --- -1 -1 Low (-2)
Asadpour (2012) --- -1 --- Moderate (-1)
Zarepour (2010) --- -1 -1 Low (-2)
Salimi (2012) ---- -1 -1 Low (-2)
Nasr Isfahani (2013) --- -1 -1 Low (-2)
Etemadi (2006) --- -1 --- Moderate (-1)
Ebrahimi (2011) --- --- -1 Moderate (-1)
Rezaei (2013) --- -1 --- Moderate (-1)
Shakarami (2014) --- --- -1 Moderate (-1)
Ghadam Kheir (2013) --- -1 -1 Low (-2)
Mazlomi (2012) --- -1 -1 Low (-2)
Etemadi (2014) --- -1 -1 Low (-2)
Hosseini Zand (2013) --- --- --- High (0)
Shariatzadeh (2014) --- -1 -1 Low (-2)
Oulia (2006) --- -1 -1 Low (-2)
Babaei Garmkhani (2014) --- -1 -1 Low (-2)
Botlani (2010) --- --- -1 Moderate (-1)
Hosseini (2013) --- -1 -1 Low (-2)
Nasr Isfahani (2010) --- -1 -1 Low (-2)
Bahrami (2009) --- --- --- High (0)
Durana (1997) --- --- --- High (0)
Khanjani Veshki (2012) --- -1 ---- Moderate (-1)
Duffey (2004) -1 -1 ---- Low (-2)
Nayari (2014) --- --- -1 Moderate (-1)
Hajian (2013) --- -1 -1 Low (-2)
Nasirnejhad Karaj (2014) --- -1 -1 Low (-2)
Mami (2015) --- -1 --- Moderate (-1)
Farbod (2014) --- -1 -1 Low (-2)
Mohamadi (2013) No information -1 -1 Low (-2)
Coutta (2001) No information --- --- High (0)
Nasirnejhad Tehran (2014) --- -1 -1 Low (-2)
Sharifian (2011) --- --- -1 Moderate (-1)
Hickmon (1997) --- -1 --- Moderate (-1)
Soltani (2013) --- -1 -1 Low (-2)
Denton (2000) --- -1 ---- Moderate (-1)
Karimi (2012) --- -1 -1 Low (-2)
Yousefi (2014) --- --- --- High (0)
Momeni Javid (2014) --- --- -1 Moderate (-1)
*

Quality of the studies downgraded for each of the following studies: 1) implementing intervention in less than two sessions, 2) lack of follow-up, 3) the accuracy of reported interventional information for fewer than three items