Table 12.
Inter-rater agreement
ROBIS question | No. of studies | Gwet’s AC1/Gwet’s AC2 | 95% CI | p-value |
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Domain 1: study eligibility criteria | ||||
1.1 | 16 | 0.57 | 0.17, 0.96 | 0.008 |
1.2 | 16 | 0.71 | 0.55, 0.87 | < 0.001 |
1.3 | 16 | 0.76 | 0.61, 0.91 | < 0.001 |
1.4 | 16 | 0.71 | 0.54, 0.87 | < 0.001 |
1.5 | 16 | 0.49 | 0.20, 0.77 | 0.002 |
Domain 1Concerns regarding specification of study eligibility criteria | 16 | 0.30 | − 0.03, 0.63 | 0.072 |
Domain 2: identification and selection of studies | ||||
2.1 | 16 | 0.54 | 0.34, 0.73 | < 0.001 |
2.2 | 16 | 0.64 | 0.37, 0.92 | < 0.001 |
2.3 | 16 | 0.57 | 0.34, 0.81 | < 0.001 |
2.4 | 16 | 0.50 | 0.27, 0.73 | < 0.001 |
2.5 | 14 | 0.61 | 0.18, 1.00 | < 0.001 |
Domain 2Concerns regarding methods used to identify and/or select studies | 16 | 0.43 | 0.13, 0.73 | 0.008 |
Domain 3: data collection and study appraisal | ||||
3.1 | 14 | 0.82 | 0.51, 1.00 | < 0.001 |
3.2 | 16 | 0.70 | 0.44, 0.96 | < 0.001 |
3.3 | 16 | 0.72 | 0.52, 0.92 | < 0.001 |
3.4 | 16 | 0.92 | 0.83, 1.00 | < 0.001 |
3.5 | 15 | 0.66 | 0.21, 1.00 | 0.007 |
Domain 3Concerns regarding methods used to collect data and appraise studies | 16 | 0.61 | 0.32, 0.89 | < 0.001 |
Domain 4: synthesis and findings | ||||
4.1 | 16 | 0.65 | 0.45, 0.86 | < 0.001 |
4.2 | 16 | 0.42 | 0.11, 0.73 | 0.011 |
4.3 | 16 | 0.73 | 0.58, 0.88 | < 0.001 |
4.4 | 16 | 0.23 | − 0.02, 0.48 | 0.072 |
4.5 | 16 | 0.40 | 0.22, 0.57 | < 0.001 |
4.6 | 16 | 0.55 | 0.32, 0.77 | < 0.001 |
Domain 4Concerns regarding the synthesis and findings | 16 | 0.17 | − 0.17, 0.50 | 0.305 |
Risk of bias in the review | ||||
A | 16 | 0.47 | 0.28, 0.65 | 0.015 |
B | 16 | 0.69 | 0.55, 0.82 | < 0.001 |
C | 16 | 0.54 | 0.37, 0.72 | < 0.001 |
ROB | 16 | 0.47 | 0.17, 0.77 | 0.004 |
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