TABLE 4.
Study scoring according to the JBI tools (COVID-19, Ecuador, 2020–2022).
| Study | JBI | The participants and the environment are described in detail | Inclusion criteria are clearly defined | Exposure was measured in a valid and reliable way | The criterion used to measure the condition was objective | Confounding factors were identified | Strategies for dealing with confounding factors | Validly and reliably measured results | Appropriate statistical analysis was used |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (42) | 6/8 | YES | YES | YES | YES | NA | NA | YES | YES |
| (10) | 6/8 | YES | YES | YES | YES | NA | NA | YES | YES |
| (43) | 6/8 | YES | YES | YES | YES | NA | NA | YES | YES |
| (44) | 6/8 | YES | YES | YES | YES | NA | NA | YES | YES |
| (45) | 6/8 | YES | YES | YES | YES | NA | NA | YES | YES |
| (46) | 6/8 | YES | YES | YES | YES | NA | NA | YES | YES |
| (11) | 6/8 | YES | YES | YES | YES | NA | NA | YES | YES |
| (21) | 6/8 | YES | YES | YES | YES | NA | NA | YES | YES |
| (47) | 6/8 | YES | YES | YES | YES | NA | NA | YES | YES |
| (29) | 6/8 | YES | YES | YES | YES | NA | NA | YES | YES |
| (30) | 6/8 | YES | YES | YES | YES | NA | NA | YES | YES |
| (15) | 6/8 | YES | YES | YES | YES | NA | NA | YES | YES |
| (5) | 6/8 | YES | YES | YES | YES | NA | NA | YES | YES |
| (31) | 6/8 | YES | YES | YES | YES | NA | NA | YES | YES |
| (32) | 6/8 | YES | YES | YES | YES | NA | NA | YES | YES |
| (33) | 6/8 | YES | YES | YES | YES | NA | NA | YES | YES |
| (34) | 6/8 | YES | YES | YES | YES | NA | NA | YES | YES |
| (35) | 6/8 | YES | YES | YES | YES | NA | NA | YES | YES |
| (36) | 6/8 | YES | YES | YES | YES | NA | NA | YES | YES |
| (37) | 6/8 | YES | YES | YES | YES | NA | NA | YES | YES |
| (38) | 6/8 | YES | YES | YES | YES | NA | NA | YES | YES |
| (39) | 6/8 | YES | YES | YES | YES | NA | NA | YES | YES |
| (40) | 6/8 | YES | YES | YES | YES | NA | NA | YES | YES |
| (41) | 6/8 | YES | YES | YES | YES | NA | NA | YES | YES |