Table 4.

JBI Cohort Research Checklist

Citation	Camille et al22	Adigun and Adniran27	Mzezewa et al24
1. Were the 2 groups similar and recruited from the same population?	U	U	U
2. Were the exposures measured similarly to assign people to both exposed and unexposed groups?	U	U	U
3. Was the exposure measured in a valid and reliable way?	U	U	U
4. Were confounding factors identified?	U	U	U
5. Were strategies to deal with confounding factors stated?	N	U	U
6. Were the groups/participants free of the outcome at the start of the study (or at the moment of exposure)?	N	U	U
7. Were the outcomes measured in a valid and reliable way?	U	U	U
8. Was the follow-up time reported and sufficient to be long enough for outcomes to occur?	U	N	U
9. Was follow-up complete, and if not, were the reasons to loss to follow up described and explored?	N	N	N
10. Were strategies to address incomplete follow-up utilized?	N	N	N
11. Was appropriate statistical analysis used?	N	N	N

Quality assessment using JBI checklist.

N, no; U, unclear.