TABLE 1.
Critical Appraisal Skills Programme criteria | Clear statement of aims | Appropriate methodology | Appropriate research design | Appropriate recruitment strategy | Appropriate data collection method | Research relations considered | Considered ethical issues | Rigorous analysis | Clear findings | Valued research | Total score/20 |
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Berqvist et al. (26) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
Berqvist et al. (2) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
Carabello et al. (20) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
Christodoulides et al. (22) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
Coppola et al. (27) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
Dressler et al. (21) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
Hallböök et al. (33) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
Hawkes and Levine (23) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
Kim et al. (30) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
Kossof et al. (11) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
Lambrechts et al. (32) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
McNamara et al. (29) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
Raju et al. (25) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
Selter et al. (12) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
Sharma et al. (28) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
Tagliabue et al. (31) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
Taub et al. (7) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16 |