Table 1.
Methodological quality of the studies included in the review by McMaster Critical Review Form for Quantitative Studies.
| Studies Included | ITEMS | T | % | MQ | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | ||||
| Trappe et al., 1994 [14] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 60.00 | A |
| Colombani et al., (1996) [20] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 60.00 | A |
| Broad et al., (2005) [30] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 75.00 | G |
| Smith et al., (2008) [34] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 86.66 | VG |
| Jacobs et al., (2009) [32] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 93.33 | VG |
| Wall et al., (2011) [23] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 81.25 | VG |
| Orer et al., (2014) [16] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 87.50 | VG |
| Arazi & Mehrtash (2017) [31] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 68.75 | G |
| Koozehchian et al., (2018) [33] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 87.50 | VG |
| Burrus et al., (2018) [24] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 81.25 | VG |
| Shannon et al. (2018) [15] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 62.50 | A |
Legend: T: (total items accomplished); 1: item accomplished; 0: item not accomplished; MQ: methodological quality; E: excellent; VG: very good; G: good; A: acceptable.