Table 2.

Table displaying the percentage of applicable Drummond and CHEERS criteria met by each paper, with categorisation to indicate overall quality

First author	% applicable Drummond criteria met	Overall methodological quality	% applicable CHEERS criteria met	Overall reporting quality
Alkhadra, T. [22]	38	Moderate	65	Moderate
Atkins, C. [23]	46	Moderate	96	High
Bergström, E. [24]	23	Low	70	Moderate
Bertrand, É. [25]	54	High	91	High
Bhuridej, P. [26]	92	High	86	High
Chi, D. [27]	69	High	96	High
Davies, G. [28]	54	High	90	High
Frazão, P. [29]	54	High	48	Low
Goldman, A. [30]	85	High	90	High
Goldman, A. [31]	100	High	95	High
Griffin, S. [32]	77	High	87	High
Hichens, L. [33]	36	Moderate	84	High
Hietasalo, P. [34]	69	High	50	Low
Hirsch, G. [35]	0	Low	39	Low
Holland, T. [36]	62	High	35	Low
Jokela, J. [37]	8	Low	60	Low
Kaakko, T. [38]	15	Low	52	Low
Koh, R. [39]	77	High	96	High
Kowash, M. [40]	15	Low	85	High
Leskinen, K. [41]	8	Low	76	Moderate
Marino, R. [42]	77	High	87	High
Mariño, R. [43]	54	High	67	Moderate
Mariño, R. [44]	54	High	76	Moderate
Morgan, M. [45]	38	Moderate	81	Moderate
Neidell, M. [46]	38	Moderate	77	Moderate
Ney, J. P. [47]	38	Moderate	87	High
Oscarson, N. [48]	85	High	90	High
Ouyang, W. [49]	69	High	87	High
Petrén, S. [50]	38	Moderate	62	Low
Pukallus, M. [51]	54	High	100	High
Quiñonez, R. [52]	54	High	82	Moderate
Quinonez, R. [53]	62	High	95	High
Ramos-Gomez, F. [54]	8	Low	55	Low
Sakuma, S. [55]	62	High	62	Low
Samnaliev, M. [56]	46	Moderate	100	High
Sköld, U. [57]	62	High	91	High
Stearns, S. [58]	46	Moderate	100	High
Tagliaferro, E. [59]	77	High	43	Low
Tickle, M. [60]	38	Moderate	95	High
Tonmukayakul, U. [61]	46	Moderate	95	High
Vermaire, J. [62]	100	High	90	High
Weintraub, J. [63]	0	Low	78	Moderate
Wiedel, A. [64]	23	Low	71	Moderate
Wu, Y. [65]	8	Low	33	Low
Yee, R. [66]	23	Low	71	Moderate
Zabos, G. [67]	31	Low	57	Low
Categorisation	Drummond criteria met		CHEERS criteria met
High	> 50%		> 83%
Moderate	32–50%		63–83%
Low	< 32%		< 63%