Table 2.

Quality assessment checklist items.

Quality Assessment Criteria
Design	•Is the objective clearly stated?
	•Is the method clearly described?
	•Are the research methods suitable to address the research aim?
	•Are the study settings and samples justified and reproducible?
	•Are the evaluation metrics used in the study fully defined?
	•Are the evaluation metrics used in the study the most relevant?
Data acquisition	•Is the data collection method(s) adequately described?
Data analysis	•Is the data analysis adequately described?
	•Are the results compared with previous research?
Conclusion	•Are the findings clearly stated and supported by the results?
	•Are the research limitations presented?