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. 2022 Feb 3;17(2):e0263372. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263372

Table 1. The Crowe Critical Appraisal Tool quality assessment.

Category [25] [23] [22] [27] [24] [26]
1. Preliminary 4 4 4 4 3 4
2. Introduction 3 4 3 4 4 4
3. Design 3 4 3 4 4 4
4. Sampling 3 5 4 4 3 5
5. Data Collection 4 4 3 4 4 5
6. Ethics 4 5 3 5 4 4
7. Results 4 4 4 4 5 5
8. Discussion 4 4 3 4 4 4
9. Total score (/40) 29 34 27 33 31 35
10. Percentage 73% 85% 68% 83% 78% 88%