Table 2: Risk of bias.
Citation |
Study Question or Objective Clear |
Eligibility or Selection Criteria Clearly Described |
Participants Representative of Real World Patients |
All Eligible Participants Enrolled |
Sample Size Appropriate for Confidence in Findings |
Intervention Clearly Described and Delivered Consistently |
Outcome Measures Prespecified, Defined, Valid/Reliable, and Assessed Consistently |
Assessors Blinded to Participant Exposure to Intervention |
Loss to Follow Up after Baseline 20% or Less |
Statistical Methods Examine Changes in Outcome Measures from Before to after Intervention |
Outcome Measures were Collected Multiple Times before and after Intervention |
Overall Risk of Bias Assessment (Low, Moderate, High Risk) |
Betsch, et al. [30] |
Y |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
N |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Low |
Choi, et al. [31] |
Y |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
N |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Low |
Douglas & Gallagher [22] |
Y |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
N |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Low |
Elserty, et al. [23] |
Y |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Low |
Emodi-Perlman, et al. [32] |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
N |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Moderate |
Gustafsson, et al. [24] |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
NA |
Y |
NA |
N |
NA |
NA |
Low |
Korpinen & Pääkkönen [33] |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
NA |
Y |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Low |
Lin, et al. [25] |
Y |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Low |
Pais, et al. [34] |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
N |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Low |
Queiroz, et al. [35] |
Y |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Low |
Short, et al. [36] |
Y |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Low |
Silva, et al. [26] |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
NA |
Y |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Low |
Szucs, et al. [27] |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
N |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Low |
Tapanya, et al. [28] |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Low |
Toh, et al. [29] |
Y |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
NA |
Y |
Low |
Young, et al. [37] |
Y |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
N |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Low |
Note: Y: Yes; N: No; NR: Not Reported; NA: Not Applicable; Scoring for overall risk of bias assessment is as follows: 0-3 N, Low risk of bias (L); 4-8 N, Moderate risk of bias (M); 9-11 N, High risk of bias (H). Citation: Table format adapted from National Heart Lung and Blood Institute [18]. |