Table 2.
AMSTAR-2 Assessment of Included Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses.
| AMSTAR-2 Item Number | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Review (Year), Treatment or Prevention Focus | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| Ewald (2014), T | Y | N | N | PY | N | N | N | PY | Y | N | N/A | N/A | N | N | N/A | N |
| Gori (2017), P | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y |
| Jang (2015), T | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N/A | N/A | Y | N | N/A | N |
| Laws (2014), P | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N/A | N/A | N | N | N/A | Y |
| Loveman (2015), T | Y | PY | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y |
| McLean (2003), T | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N/A | N/A | N | N | N/A | N |
| Mead (2017), T | Y | PY | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Nixon (2012), P | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N/A | N/A | N | N | N/A | Y |
| Oosterhoff (2016), P | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | PY | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Oude Luttikhuis (2009), T | Y | PY | Y | PY | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| Sbruzzi (2013), T | Y | N | N | PY | Y | Y | N | PY | PY | N | Y | N | N | Y | N | Y |
| Sobol-Goldberg (2013), P | Y | PY | Y | N | N | Y | N | N | PY | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| Verjans-Janssen (2018), P | Y | N | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | PY | N | N/A | N/A | Y | Y | N/A | Y |
| Young (2007), T | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N |
P = prevention; T = treatment; Y = yes; N = no; PY = partial yes; N/A = not applicable. 1 = PICO Elements; 2 = Prior Protocol; 3 = Study Designs; 4 = Search Strategy; 5 = Study Selection; 6 = Data Extraction; 7 = Excluded Studies; 8 = PICO Details; 9 = Risk of Bias Assessment; 10 = Funding Sources; 11 = Meta-Analysis Methods; 12 = Risk of Bias Impact on Results; 13 = Risk of Bias Discussion; 14 = Explain Heterogeneity; 15 = Publication Bias; 16 = Conflict of Interest. Bold text indicates items designated as the seven critical domains by the AMSTAR 2 developers. See citation [40] for a full description of items.