Table 2.
Assessment of methodological quality of the selected systematic reviews using AMSTAR 2 tool.
| References | Item | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |
| Al-Hazzaa (30) | No | No | No | Partial yes | No | No | Partial yes | No | No | No | No meta-analysis conducted | No meta-analysis conducted | No | No | No meta-analysis conducted | No |
| Allender et al. (31) | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No meta-analysis conducted | No meta-analysis conducted | No | No | No meta-analysis conducted | Yes |
| Allison et al. (32) | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Partial yes | No | Yes | No | No meta-analysis conducted | No meta-analysis conducted | No | No | No meta-analysis conducted | Yes |
| Corr et al. (16) | No | Partial yes | Yes | Partial yes | Yes | Yes | Partial yes | Yes | Yes | No | No meta-analysis conducted | No meta-analysis conducted | No | Yes | No meta-analysis conducted | Yes |
| Martins et al. (33) | No | No | No | Partial yes | Yes | Yes | Partial yes | Partial yes | Yes | No | No meta-analysis conducted | No meta-analysis conducted | No | Yes | No meta-analysis conducted | Yes |
| Rees et al. (34) | No | No | No | Partial yes | No | Yes | Partial yes | No | Yes | No | No meta-analysis conducted | No meta-analysis conducted | Yes | No | No meta-analysis conducted | Yes |
| Standiford (35) | No | No | No | Partial yes | No | No | No | Partial yes | No | No | No meta-analysis conducted | No meta-analysis conducted | No | No | No meta-analysis conducted | No |
| Stankov et al. (36) | No | No | Yes | Partial yes | Yes | Yes | Partial yes | Yes | Yes | No | No meta-analysis conducted | No meta-analysis conducted | Yes | Yes | No meta-analysis conducted | Yes |