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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychosom Med. 2017 Apr;79(3):283–292. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000395

Table 1.

Quality Assessment Scoring

Low (−) Medium (○) High (+)
A Priori Hypothesis No hypothesis reported Hypothesis reported, but non-directional Directional hypothesis reported
Justification for Sample Size No information on sample size determination reported Sample size unjustified or discussed post hoc Sample size justified to be adequate (e.g., power analysis)
Quality of PSR Measure Unvalidated and no psychometric properties reported Psychometrics reported but inadequate (Cronbach’s α < .70) Validated scale, objective outcome, or good psychometric properties reported