Table 2.
Main issues arisen from the quality appraisal of the included studies.
Issue | References |
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Quantitative studies | |
Study subject and setting not described in sufficient detail | Abbott & Pachucki, 2017; Abbott et al., 2017; De Rooij et al., 2012; Kok et al., 2018; Wolf-Ostermann et. al., 2012; Weyerer et al., 2010 |
Small sample size | Wood et al., 2005 |
No strategies to deal with (possible) confounding factors stated | Abbott & Pachucki, 2017; Abbott et al., 2017; Morgan-Brown et al., 2013; Wood et al., 2005 |
Outcomes not measured before the intervention was introduced | De Boer, Hamers, Zwakhalen, Tan, Beerens, & Verbeek, 2017a; De Rooij et al., 2012; Verbeek et al., 2010 |
Qualitative studies | |
Congruity between research methodology and data collection is not made explicit | Doyle et al., 2012; Moore, 1999; Moore & Verhoef, 1999 |
Agreement between research methodology and data analysis is not made distinct | Aasgaard et al., 2017 |
Connection between research methodology and the interpretation of results is not clear | Aasgaard et al., 2017; Moore, 1999; Moore & Verhoef, 1999 |