Table 3.
Quality assessment of included studies
| Study | Total score | Item 1 | Item 2 | Item 3 | Item 4 | Item 5 | Item 6 | Item 7 | Item 8 | Item 9 | Item 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gorin-Lazard, A. et al. [44] | 7 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | NA | Y | NA | NA |
| Vasegh Rahimparvar, F. et al. [17] | 6 | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | UC | UC | Y | Y | NA |
| Newfield, E. et al. [16] | 7 | NA | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | NA | Y | N |
| Motmans, J. et al. [15] | 6 | NA | UC | Y | Y | Y | Y | UC | Y | Y | NA |
| Wierckx, K. et al. [24] | 6 | Y | UC | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | N |
| Thompson, HM. et al. [45] | 7 | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | NA | Y | Y | Y | NA |
| George, A. et al. [43] | 6 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | NA | UC |
| Başar, K. et al. [42] | 6 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | NA | UC | Y | N | UC |
Item 1: Was the sample representative of the target population?
Item 2: Were study participants recruited an appropriate way?
Item 3: Was the sample size adequate?
Item 4: Where the study subjects and setting described in detail?
Item 5: Was the data analysis conducted with sufficient coverage of the identified sample?
Item 6: Were objective, standard criteria used for measurement of the condition?
Item 7: Was the condition measured reliably?
Item 8: Was there appropriate statistical analysis?
Item 9: Are all important confounding factors/subgroups/different identified and accounted for?
Item 10: Were subpopulations identified using objective criteria?
Y Yes, N No, UC Unclear, NA Not applicable