Table 2.
Quality rating criteria for included studies
| Type | Number | Criteria |
|---|---|---|
| Outline of quality rating criteria | ||
| Quant | 1 | Intervention details: type, aim, timing, measurement, intensity, feasibility |
| Quant | 2 |
Risk of bias assessed Concealed – Blind or double blind Method of allocation including sequence generation and concealment from recruiters |
| Quant | 3 | Control group in study design |
| Quant | 4 |
Measurement tools validated Validity, reliability addressed Generalisability |
| Qual | 5 |
Research credible? (data fitting to views of participants) Research dependable/reliable? (logical, traceable, clearly documented) Research confirmable/objective? (analysis grounded in data, researchers bias stated and explored) |
| First author and year | Study type | Criteria number | Overall quality rating | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| Included studies rated according to criteria | |||||||
| Halkett et al19 (2013) | Quant | H | H | H | H | N/A | H |
| Dong et al15 (2014) | Quant | H | N/A | N/A | M | N/A | M |
| Braeken et al20 (2011) | Quant | H | M | H | M | N/A | M |
| Clover et al4 (2011) | Quant | H | N/A | N/A | M | N/A | M |
| Oultram et al12 (2012) | Quant | H | N/A | N/A | M | N/A | M |
| Halkett et al17 (2012) | Quant | M | N/A | N/A | M | N/A | M |
| Mitchell and Symonds21 (2012) | Quant | M | N/A | N/A | M | N/A | M |
| Canil et al16 (2012) | Quant | L | N/A | N/A | L | N/A | L |
| Miller18 (2008) | Quant | L | N/A | N/A | L | N/A | L |
| Halkett and Kristjanson3 (2007) | Qual | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | M | M |
| Egestad13 (2013) | Qual | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | L | L |
| Egestad14 (2013) | Qual | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | L | L |
H, high; M, moderate; L, low; N/A, not applicable; Quant, quantitative; Qual, qualitative.