Table 4.
EPHPP Quality Assessment
Study | EPHPP Sub-domains | EPHPP Overall Rating | |||||
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Selection Bias | Design | Confounders | Blinding | Data Collection | Withdrawals & Dropouts | ||
Baptist [82] | W | S | S | S | S | S | M |
Blank [83] | S | S | S | S | S | W | M |
Escobar [84] | S | S | S | M | S | W | M |
Smeulders [85] | W | S | S | W | S | S | W |
Somers [86] | S | S | S | M | S | M | S |
Van Der Meulen [87] | M | S | S | S | S | S | S |
Study Quality Rating: W: Weak; M: Moderate; S: Strong