Table 6.

Summary table of overall methodological quality ratings associated with intervention effectiveness

Author and year	EPHPP global rating	Total score	Did intervention reduce patient delay significantly?
RCTs (n=7)
Blank and Smithkline	3	12/18	No
Boden-Albala et al,34 2015	1	8/18	No
Dracup et al,15 2009	2	8/18	No
Luepker et al,31 2000	2	9/18	No
Meischke et al,32 1997	3	11/15	No
Mooney et al,10 2014	1	7/18	Yes
Müller-Nordhorn et al,33 2009	2	8/18	Yes
Controlled before and after studies (n=3)
Morgenstern et al,35 2002	NA	6/12	No
Rowley et al,36 1982	NA	10/12	Yes
Xin-gang et al,37 2013	NA	9/12	Yes
Uncontrolled before and after studies /ITS (n=26)
Addo et al,66 2012	NA	9/12	No
Alberts et al,59 1992	NA	9/12	Yes
Barsan et al,60 1994	NA	9/12	Yes
Bett et al,45 2005	NA	9/12	No
Bett et al,46 1993	NA	10/12	No
Black and Brown,62 1973	NA	9/12	Yes
Breuer et al,54 1999	NA	8/12	Yes
Camerlingo et al,64 2014	NA	9/12	Yes
Diercks et al,56 2010	NA	10/12	No
Gaspoz et al,48 1996	NA	10/12	Yes
Herlitz et al,55 1992	NA	9/12	Yes
Ho et al,1 1989	NA	10/12	No
Hodgson et al,38 2007	NA	8/12	Yes
Luiz et al,49 2001	NA	8/12	Yes
Maeso-Madronero et al,52 2000	NA	9/12	Yes
Mellon et al,40 2014	NA	9/12	No
Mitic and Perkins,57 1984	NA	9/12	Yes
Moses et al,67 1991	NA	9/12	No
Naegeli et al,63 2011	NA	9/12	Yes
Nishijima et al,65 2016	NA	9/12	Yes
Rau et al,53 2008	NA	8/12	No
Rustige et al,41 1992	NA	9/12	Yes
Thomassen et al,50 1999	NA	10/12	No
Waters et al,47 1983	NA	8/12	No
Wolters et al,51 2015	NA	9/12	Yes
Wright et al,58 2001	NA	8/12	No
Post-test only (n=2)
Bray et al,44 2015	NA	10/12	Yes
Månsson et al,43 1999	NA	11/12	No
Case–control study (n=1)
Tummala and Farshid,42 2015	NA	9/12	No

EPHPP, Effective Public Health Practice Project; ITS, interrupted time series; NA, not available; RCTs, randomised controlled trials.