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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Cancer Surviv. 2021 Mar 13;16(2):233–256. doi: 10.1007/s11764-021-01013-x

Table 3:

Quality assessment

Article (Author, Year)
Assessment
(1=present; 0=absent)
Anton et al. 2013 Barber 2013 Cadmus-Bertram et al. 2019 Conlon et al. 2015
Demark-Wahnefried et al. 2014 James et al. 2015 Knobf et al. 2018
Manne et al. 2019 Pisu et al. 2017
Porter et al. 2018
Ross Zahavich et al. 2012 St. George et al. 2019 Stoutenberg et al. 2016 Winters-Stone et al. 2016
Research question/objectives/hypothesis are clear and appropriate 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Clear overview of intervention is given with use of appropriate outcome measures 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Sample size is given 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Randomization method is used in sample selection 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
Attrition rate from the intervention is recorded 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
Data analysis is adequately described and rigorous 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Outcomes of the interventions are clearly described 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Ethical issues mentioned 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Description of intervention setting where contents are delivered 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Strengths AND limitations mentioned or acknowledged 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
The likelihood of biases mentioned 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1
Conclusions supported by the results 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Quality Score (out of 12) 4 6 11 11 12 12 9 12 9 12 10 11 10 12