Table 2.
Average among blind evaluators of the published observational studies according to the Strobe tool.
| Items/Articles — mean | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Title and abstract | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0,75 | 1 | 0,75 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0,75 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2. Introduction: context//fundamentals | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3. Objectives | 0.75 | 1 | 0.75 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.75 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.75 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4. Methods: study design | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 5. Context | 0.5 | 0.75 | 1 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 1 | 0.75 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.75 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.75 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.75 | 0.75 |
| 6. Participants | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 7. Variables | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.75 | 1 |
| 8. Data sources//measurements | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0.75 | 1 |
| 9. Biases | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0 |
| 10. Sample size | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 11. Quantitative variables | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.75 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 12. Statistical methods | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 |
| 13. Results: participants | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.75 | 1 | 0.75 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.75 | 1 | 0.75 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 14. Descriptive data | 0.5 | 0.75 | 1 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 1 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 1 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.5 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.25 |
| 15. Variable data | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.75 | 1 |
| 16. Main results | 1 | 0.75 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.75 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.75 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 |
| 17. Other analyzes | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 18. Discussion: key results | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.75 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.75 | 1 | 1 | 0.75 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 19. Limitations | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | 0.75 |
| 20. Interpretation | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.75 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.75 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 21. Generalization | 0.75 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 |
| 22. Other information: financing | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 18.25 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 18.25 | 20.25 | 19 | 17.25 | 18.75 | 18 | 18 | 19.25 | 16.75 | 17.5 | 17.25 | 18.25 | 16.25 | 17.75 | 19.75 | 16.25 | 15.25 |
1. Warnecke et al.26; 2. Mandysova et al.21; 3. D’ottaviano et al.31; 4. Pilz et al.36; 5. Somasundaram et al.37; 6. Leder et al.22; 7. de Lima Alvarenga, et al.23; 8. Marian et al.32; 9. Nienstedt et al.27; 10. Pflug et al.28; 11. Umay et al.40; 12. Braun et al.24; 13. Farneti et al.41; 14. Imaizumi et al.34; 15. Schröder et al.35; 16. Shapira-Galitz et al.30; 17. Souza et al.38; 18. Souza et al.39; 19. Suntrup-Krueger et al.25; 20. Warnecke et al.29; 21. Gozzer et al.33
The arithmetic mean among the assessed works was 17.03 points, with a minimum score of 15.25 and a maximum of 20.25. The minimum score for evaluating the studies was 69% and the average applicability of the studies was 78%.