Table 3.
Study | Did the Study Address a Clearly Focused Issue? | Was the Cohort Recruited in an Acceptable Way? | Was the Exposure Accurately Measured to Minimize Bias? | Was the Outcome Accurately Measured to Minimize Bias? | Have the Authors Identified All Important Confounding Factors? | Have They Accounted for the Confounding Factors in the Design and/or Analysis? | Was the Follow-up of Subjects Complete Enough? | Was the Follow-up of Subjects Long Enough? | Are the Results Precise? | Do You Believe the Results? | Can the Results Be Applied to the Local Population? | Do the Results of This Study Fit with Other Available Evidence? | Are there Implications of This Study for Practice? |
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Daniels et al., 2020 [12] | Yes | Can’t tell | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Can’t tell | Can’t tell | Yes | Yes | Can’t tell | Yes | Can’t tell |
Drake et al., 2021 [13] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Godfrey et al. [14] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Gonzalez-Nahm et al., 2017 [25] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Marshall et al., 2018 [4] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Can’t tell | Yes | Can’t tell | Yes | Can’t tell | No | No | No | No |
McCullough et al., 2015 [6] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Can’t tell | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
McCullough et al., 2017 [3] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Can’t tell | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Miyaso et al., 2017 [16] | Yes | Can’t tell | Can’t tell | Yes | No | Yes | Can’t tell | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Thakali et al., 2020 [22] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Can’t tell | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Trumpff et al., 2021 [23] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Yan et al., 2019 [24] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
The study quality and bias assessment was assessed using the Critical Appraisal Skills Program (CASP) Cohort Study Checklist [11].