Table 3. Modified downs and black scale for reviewed intervention studies.
| Reference (year) | Item 1 |
Item 2 |
Item 3 |
Item 6 |
Item 7 |
Item 10 |
Item 12 |
Item 15 |
Item 16 |
Item 18 |
Item 20 |
Item 22 |
Item 23 |
Item 25 |
Total score (out of 14) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folgado et al. (2015) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Folgado, Gonçalves & Sampaio (2018) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Gonçalves et al. (2014) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Gonçalves et al. (2018a) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Olthof, Frencken & Lemmink (2018) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Praça et al. (2016) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Praça et al. (2021) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Sampaio et al. (2014) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
Note:
0 = no; 1 = yes; U = unable to determine. Item 1: clear aim/hypothesis; Item 2: outcome measures clearly described; Item 3: patient characteristics clearly described; Item 6: main findings clearly described; Item 7: measures of random variability provided; Item 10: actual probability values reported; Item 12: participants prepared to participate representative of entire population; Item 15: blinding of outcome measures; Item 16: analysis completed was planned; Item 18: appropriate statistics; Item 20: valid and reliable outcome measures; Item 22: participants recruited over same period; Item 23: randomised; Item 25: adjustment made for confounding variables.