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. 2018 Oct;166:628–637. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.06.030

Table 3.

Adapted Hanson and Jones and Ogilvie et al. risk of bias tool for intervention studies.

Item Description Scale
Methodological quality
  • 1.

    Reporting: hypothesis

Is the hypothesis/aim/objective of the study clearly described? 1: Yes – clearly described
0: No
  • 2.

    Reporting: outcome(s)

Are the main outcomes to be measured clearly described in the introduction or methods section? (if the main outcomes are first mentioned in the results section, this question should be answered no) 1: Yes – clearly described in introduction/methods
0: No – not clearly described/first mentioned in results
  • 3.

    Reporting: intervention

Are the interventions of interest (greenspace and control or otherwise) clearly described? 1: Yes – clearly described
0: No
  • 4.

    Randomisation

Was there sufficient description of a randomisation process or statistical test to show that comparability between the two groups has been adjusted for (no explanation scores zero)? 1: Yes – description of a randomisation process
0: No – no explanation
  • 5.

    Exposure

Did the authors show that there was no evidence of a concurrent intervention which could have influenced the results (no explanation scores zero)? 1: Yes
0: No – no explanation
N: Insufficiently described
  • 6.

    Representativeness

Were the study samples shown to be representative of the study population? 1: Yes – shown to be representative
0: No – shown not to be representative
N: Insufficiently described
  • 7.

    Comparability

Were baseline characteristics of the intervention comparable with the control or were potential confounders at baseline approximately adjusted for in analysis? 1: Yes
0: No
N: Insufficiently described
  • 8.

    Attrition

Were numbers of participants at follow-up identifiable as at least 80% of the baseline? 1: Yes
0: No
N: Insufficiently described
  • 9.

    Outcome assessment: tools

Were valid and reliable tools used to assess participant outcomes? 1: Yes
0: No
N: Insufficiently described
  • 10.

    Follow-up time scale

Was the length of time to follow up assessment appropriate for the intervention? 1: Yes
0: No
  • 11.

    Precision of the results

Were confidence intervals or p-values given? 1: Yes
0: No