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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Expert Rev Neurother. 2020 Feb 12;20(3):207–225. doi: 10.1080/14737175.2020.1715212

Table 2:

Yates Quality Rating Scale (YQRS)[62] of Studies Evaluating Mindfulness for Migraine

Yates Quality Rating Scale Details Studies Included
Items Options Wells 2014 [83] Seng 2019 [79] Day 2014 [85] Simshäuser 2019 [82] Tavallaei 2018 [86] Bakhshani 2015 [87] Hesse 2015 [88] Grazzi 2017 [80]
Treatment quality
Treatment content and setting 0, 1, 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1
Treatment duration 0, 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0
Manualization 0, 1, 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1
Adherence to manual 0, 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Therapist training 0, 1, 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 2 1
Patient engagement 0, 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0
Quality of study design and methods                
Sample criteria 0, 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Evidence criteria met 0, 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Attrition 0, 1, 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
Rates of attrition 0, 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Sample characteristics 0, 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Group equivalence 0, 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
Randomization 0, 1, 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 0
Allocation bias 0, 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0
Measurement bias 0, 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Treatment expectations 0, 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Justification of outcomes 0, 1, 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
Validity of outcomes for context 0, 1, 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Reliability and sensitivity to change 0, 1, 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Follow-up 0, 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
Power calculation 0, 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sufficient sample size 0, 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Planned data analysis 0, 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Statistics reporting 0, 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Intention-to-treat analysis 0, 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Control group 0, 1, 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 1
Total score/35 31 31 29 26 19 18 18 17