| Table 3: Methodological quality criteria and quality score | |||||||||||||
| Citation | Year | Clearly focusedquestion? | Inclusion/ exclusion | Comprehensive | Number ofsearchstrategies | Number of years | Methodologicalquality | Methods weighting | Strength of evidence | Congruence data & author interpretation | COI | Quality score | Percent |
| Aldana | 2001 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 85% |
| Bell | 2009 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 100% |
| Bigos | 2009 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 92% |
| Brewer | 2007 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 100% |
| Cancelliere | 2011 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 100% |
| Carroll | 2010 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 92% |
| Chapman | 2012 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 85% |
| Czabala | 2011 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 100% |
| Elders | 2000 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 85% |
| Furlan | 2012 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 92% |
| Hlobil | 2005 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 92% |
| Maher | 2000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 92% |
| Palmer | 2012 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 92% |
| Proper | 2002 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 92% |
| Schaafsma | 2011 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 100% |
| Tuncel | 2006 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 92% |
| Tveito | 2004 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 92% |
| van Dongen | 2011 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 92% |