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. 2023 Jan 24;7:100162. doi: 10.1016/j.jmh.2023.100162

Table B.

Bias assessment of quantitative & valuation of qualitative reports.

Report Is this a Cohort Study? Does report include a control or comparison group? Does report include pre/post intervention data? Did report randomly assign participants to the intervention? Did report randomly select participants for assessment? Does report have a follow-up rate of more than 80%? Comparison groups equivalent on sociodemographics? Comparison groups equivalent at baseline on outcome measures?
Anttila et al. (2017) Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes NR
Kuo et al. (1999) No Yes No No No NA NR NR
Lee et al. (2002) No Yes No No No NA Yes NR
Flores et al. (2012) No Yes No NA No NA NA Yes
Bischoff et al. (2003) No Yes No No No NA NR NR
Fagan et al. (2003) No Yes No No No NA NR NR
Baghci et al. (2011) No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes NR
Hampers et al. (2002) Yes Yes No No No No No Yes
Jacobs et al. (2007) Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes NR
Flores et al. (2003) No Yes No No No NA NA Yes
Gany et al. (2007)A No Yes No No No NA NA NA
Gany et al. (2007)B No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes NR
Garcia et al. (2004) No Yes No Yes No NA No NR
Nápoles et al. (2015) No Yes No No No NA NR NR
Butow et al. (2011) No Yes No No No NA NR Yes
Xue et al. (2019) Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes NR
Hartford et al. (2019) No Yes Yes No No NA NR NR
López et al. (2015) No Yes No No No NA NR No
Luan Erfe et al. (2017) No Yes No No No NA No Yes
Lindholm et al. (2012) Yes Yes No No No Yes No Yes
Baker et al. (1996)* Yes Yes Yes No No No No NR
Baker et al. (1998)* Yes Yes Yes No No No No NR
Bernstein et al. (2002) No Yes No No No NA Yes Yes
Moreno et al. (2010) No Yes No No No NA NR NR
Sarver et al. (2000)* Yes Yes Yes No No No No NR
Report Was there a clear statement of the aims of the research? Is a qualitative methodology appropriate? Was the research design appropriate to address the aims of the research? Was the recruitment strategy appropriate to the aims of the research? Was the data collected in a way that addressed the research issue? Has the relationship between researcher and participants been adequately considered? Have ethical issues been taken into consideration? Was the data analysis sufficiently rigorous? Is there a clear statement of findings? How valuable is the research?
Brooks et al. (2016) Yes Yes Yes We don't know We don't know No No Yes Yes Less valuable
Greenhalgh et al. (2006) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Highly valuable
Hilder et al. (2017) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes We don't know No Yes Yes Valuable
Leanza et al. (2010) No Yes Yes We don't know Yes No No Yes Yes Valuable