PBM Module 4a Quality-assessment-table
Table of quality assessment for systematic reviews of RCTs and observational studies
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Study First author, year |
Appropriate and clearly focused question? Yes/no/unclear |
Comprehensive and systematic literature search? Yes/no/unclear |
Description of included and excluded studies? Yes/no/unclear |
Description of relevant characteristics of included studies? Yes/no/unclear |
Appropriate adjustment for potential confounders in observational studies? Yes/no/unclear/notapplicable |
Assessment of scientific quality of included studies? Yes/no/unclear |
Enough similarities between studies to make combining them reasonable? Yes/no/unclear |
Potential risk of publication bias taken into account? Yes/no/unclear |
Potential conflicts of interest reported? Yes/no/unclear |
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|
Bartoszko, 2020 |
yes |
yes |
No (FT excluded studies not referenced) |
Unclear (information is limited) |
Not applicable |
yes |
yes |
Unclear (mentioned in the text that it was assessed but results not described) |
No |