Table 5.
Quality assessment of the selected publications using the JBI tools for critical appraisal (text & opinion papers)*
| Study title | 1. Is the source of the opinion clearly identified? | 2. Does the source of opinion have standing in the field of expertise? | 3. Are the interests of the relevant population the central focus of the opinion? | 4. Is the stated position the result of an analytical process, and is there logic in the opinion expressed? | 5. Is there reference to the extant literature? | 6. Is any incongruence with the literature/sources logically defended? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernocchi et al [33] |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
| Weikert et al [37] |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| Wrenn et al [29] | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
JBI – Joanna Briggs Institute
*1 = Yes, 2 = No, 3 = Unclear, 4 = not applicable.