TABLE 3.
Crowe Critical Appraisal Tool scores
| Study author and year | Preliminaries | Introduction | Design | Sampling | Data collection | Ethical matters | Results | Discussion | Total score and % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
McAllister, Dunkley and Wilson 39 2008 |
2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
22/40 55% |
|
Dunkley, Pattie, Wilson and McAllister 41 2010 |
3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
30/40 70% |
|
Hill and Miller 13 2012 |
5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
33/40 83% |
|
Tucker 40 2012 |
4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
30/40 75% |
|
Tucker 42 2012 |
4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
34/40 85% |
|
Hines, Ramsden, Martinovich and Fairweather 37 2015 |
4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
26/40 65% |
|
Edirippulige et al 9 2016 |
4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
26/40 65% |
|
Ashburner, Vickerstaff, Beetge and Copley 35 2016 |
4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
29/40 73% |
|
Iacono et al 31 2016 |
3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
24/40 60% |
|
Akamoglu, Meadan, Pearson and Cummings 34 2018 |
4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
31/40 78% |
|
Campbell, Theodoros, Russell, Gillespie and Hartley 36 2019 |
5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
33/40 83% |
|
Johnsson, Kerslake and Crook 38 2019 |
3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
21/40 53% |
|
Rortvedt and Jacobs 33 2019 |
5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
31/40 78% |
|
Raatz, Ward and Marshall 32 2020 |
4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
36/40 90% |