Table A.12.
Example of heat map for presenting the results of evidence appraisal across the body of evidence for internal validity
| Study number | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | n | ||
| Endpoint(s) | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | |
| Result(s) | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | |
| Source of bias | 1 | PHRoB/NR | PLRoB | DLRoB | PHRoB/NR | DLRoB | PLRoB | DHRoB | PHRoB/NR | … |
| 2 | DHRoB | DLRoB | PHRoB/NR | DLRoB | PHRoB/NR | DLRoB | DLRoB | PHRoB/NR | … | |
| 3 | PLRoB | PLRoB | DHRoB | PHRoB/NR | DLRoB | PLRoB | DLRoB | PLRoB | … | |
| 4 | DLRoB | PHRoB/NR | DLRoB | PLRoB | DHRoB | PHRoB/NR | PLRoB | DLRoB | … | |
| 5 | DLRoB | DLRoB | PHRoB/NR | PLRoB | DLRoB | DLRoB | PHRoB/NR | PLRoB | … | |
| 6 | PHRoB/NR | DHRoB | DLRoB | DLRoB | PHRoB/NR | DLRoB | DLRoB | DLRoB | … | |
| 7 | PHRoB/NR | DLRoB | PHRoB/NR | PHRoB/NR | DLRoB | PLRoB | PHRoB/NR | DHRoB | … | |
| n | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | |
DHRoB: Definitively High Risk of Bias; DLRoB: Definitively Low Risk of Bias; PHRoB: Probably High Risk of Bias/Not Reported; PLRoB: Probably Low Risk of Bias.