Table 2.
Methodological quality of the studies by the 22 point assessment of the STROBE guide
| Article [Reference] | Questionnaire items | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | Total | % | |
| Vangelova and Deyanov[7] | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.34 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.67 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | NA | 17.00 | 80.95 |
| Chung et al.[11] | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.92 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | NA | 17.42 | 82.94 |
| Mäntysalo and Vuori[12] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.6 | 1 | 1 | 0.75 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | NA | 20.35 | 92.50 |
| Flamme and Williams[14] | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.67 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | NA | 17.47 | 83.17 |
| Kaerlev et al.[15] | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.67 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18.17 | 82.58 |
| Kitcher et al.[18] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.34 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0.75 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | NA | 15.28 | 72.78 |
| Jensen et al.[19] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.34 | 0.4 | 1 | 1 | 0.75 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | NA | 17.48 | 87.42 |
| El Dib et al.[20] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.67 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.67 | 0.8 | 1 | 1 | 0.75 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | NA | 19.88 | 94.68 |
| Dias et al.[21] | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0.67 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | NA | 15.67 | 74.60 |
| Dement et al.[22] | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.67 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19.17 | 87.12 |
| Shupak et al.[23] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.67 | 1 | 0.67 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.67 | 0.34 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.75 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | NA | 14.98 | 71.35 |
| Korres et al.[24] | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.67 | 0.8 | 1 | NA | 0.88 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | NA | 16.34 | 81.71 |
| Tomei et al.[25] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.34 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.67 | 0.4 | 1 | 1 | 0.88 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | NA | 18.28 | 87.02 |
| Leme[26] | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.34 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.34 | 0.4 | 1 | 1 | 0.75 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | NA | 14.32 | 68.17 |
| Lee[27] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | NA | 16.80 | 80.00 |
| Casson et al.[28] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.67 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.67 | 0.4 | 1 | NA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15.73 | 74.92 |
| Szczepański and Otto[29] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.17 | 0.6 | 0.8 | NA | 0.25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA | 10.65 | 53.25 |
| Hirai et al.[30] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.67 | 0.8 | 1 | NA | 0.9 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.75 | 1 | NA | 18.12 | 86.27 |
| Tarter and Robins[31] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.75 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.92 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | NA | 18.67 | 88.89 |
| Thiery and Meyer-Bisch[32] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.6 | 1 | NA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | NA | 17.60 | 88.00 |
| Sataloff et al.[33] | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.25 | 0.8 | 0.8 | NA | 0.88 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.75 | 1 | NA | 13.98 | 66.55 |
| Sulkowski et al.[34] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.34 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.67 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.75 | NA | 0.75 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.75 | 1 | 1 | 13.15 | 62.62 |
| Gitanjali and Dhamodharan[35] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.75 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.34 | 1 | 1 | 19.58 | 89.02 |
| Alonso-Díaz[36] | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.67 | 0.67 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.67 | 0 | 0.6 | 0.75 | NA | 0.88 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.75 | 1 | NA | 13.98 | 69.88 |
| Rios and da Silva[37] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | 0.8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0.4 | 1 | 1 | 0.75 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | NA | 15.12 | 71.98 |