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. 2020 Jan 13;20:13. doi: 10.1186/s12909-020-1927-x

Table 2.

Distribution of study methods

Study methods No. of publications (%)
Primary data collection 114 (78.1)
 Questionnaires 97 (66.4)
 Scoring evaluations 17 (11.6)
 Pre-test and post-test comparisons 12 (8.2)
 Randomized trials 5 (3.4)
Documentation 32 (21.9)
 Exam/test results 2 (1.4)
 Publication search 17 (11.6)
 Electronic records 15 (10.3)
Focus groups 6 (4.1)
Interviews 2 (1.4)