Table 2 Quality assessment of quasi-experimental studies
Appraisal results for individual JBI checklist items | Total quality score (%)b | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||
Clarity about cause and effect | Similar participants in comparisons | Similar treatment other than intervention | Control group | Multiple outcome measurements | Follow up complete or described and analyzed | Similar outcome measurements for compared groups | Reliable outcome measures | Appropriate statistical analysis | ||
Included studies after the quality assessment | ||||||||||
Anderson et al. (2017) [37] | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | 78 |
Carta et al. (2010) [38] | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | 78 |
Kalisch et al. (2013) [13] | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 89 |
Karayurt et al. (2010) [36] | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | 78 |
Nyamathi et al. (2008) [6] | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | 78 |
Ramberg and Wasserman (2004) [34] | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | 89 |
Rholdon et al. (2020) [32] | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | 78 |
Sinvani et al. (2021) [30] | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | 67 |
Smith et al. (1998) [31] | Y | Y/Nc | Y/Yc | Y | N | N | Y/Yc | Y | Y | 72 |
Excluded studies after the quality assessment | ||||||||||
Goucke et al. (2015) [25] | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Excludeda |
Hanssens et al. (2006) [26] | Y | U | Y | N | N | N | U | U | N | Excludeda |
Hardy and Kingsnorth (2015) [27] | Y | Y | Y | N | N | U | Y | Y | U | Excludeda |
Jacobs-Wingo et al. (2019) [28] | Y | Y | Y | N | N | U | Y | Y | U | Excludeda |
Lombardo et al. (2002) [29] | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Excludeda |