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. 2022 Feb 12;21:21. doi: 10.1186/s12939-021-01608-x

Table 2.

Study quality

Criteria Yes
1 Was the research question or objective in this paper clearly stated? 48/48
2 Was the study population clearly specified and defined? 48/48
3 Was the participation rate of eligible persons at least 50%? 17/48
4 Were all the subjects selected or recruited from the same or similar populations (including the same time period)? Were inclusion and exclusion criteria for being in the study pre-specified and applied uniformly to all participants 48/48
5 Was the study population similar to the national population? 14/48
6 Was the sampling methods specified and appropriate? 48/48