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. 2018 Sep 21;115(38):621–627. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2018.0621

eTable 3. Risk of bias within studies.

Reliability of instruments k*1 %
Acceptable reliability/low risk 40 42.1
Questionable reliability/high risk 9 9.5
Insufficient information/unclear risk 46 48.4
Incomplete reporting n*2 %
Satisfactory reporting/low risk 46 83.6
Incomplete reporting/high risk 9 16.4
i*3 M (SD)
Response rate 43 0.70 (0.24)

*1 reported for associations, *2 reported for studies, *3 reported for samples; for i = 14 samples no information available

M = mean; SD = standard deviation