Publication | Selection bias | Study design | Confounders | Blinding | Data collection methods | Withdrawals and dropouts | Intervention integrity* | Analyses** | Total score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan, S., et. al. (2004) [21] | Moderate | Moderate | Weak | Moderate | Weak | Not applicable | (Q1) Can’t tell | (Q1) Individual | Moderate |
(Q2) Can’t tell | (Q2) Organisation | ||||||||
(Q3) Can’t tell | |||||||||
(Q3) Yes | |||||||||
(Q4) No | |||||||||
Carter, E. et al. (2004) [20] | Moderate | Moderate | Weak | Weak | Weak | Not applicable | (Q1) Can’t tell | (Q1) Individual | Weak |
(Q2) Can’t tell | (Q2) Organisation | ||||||||
(Q3) Can’t tell | |||||||||
(Q3) Yes | |||||||||
(Q4) No | |||||||||
NSW Health (2005) [18] | Moderate | Moderate | Weak | Weak | Weak | Weak | (Q1) 80-100% | (Q1) Individual | Weak |
(Q2) Can’t tell | (Q2) Individual | ||||||||
(Q3) Can’t tell | |||||||||
(Q3) Yes | |||||||||
(Q4) No | |||||||||
Power, C. et al. (2008) [28] | Weak | Weak | Weak | Weak | Weak | Weak | (Q1) 80-100% | (Q1) Individual | Weak |
(Q2) Can’t tell | (Q2) Individual | ||||||||
(Q3) Can’t tell | (Q3) Yes | ||||||||
(Q4) No | |||||||||
Panaretto, K. S. et al. (2007) [23] | Moderate | Moderate | Weak | Moderate | Weak | Weak | (Q1) 80-100% | (Q1) Individual | Weak |
(Q2) No | (Q2) Individual | ||||||||
(Q3) Can’t tell | |||||||||
(Q3) Yes | |||||||||
(Q4) No | |||||||||
Panaretto, K. et al. (2005) [24] | Moderate | Moderate | Weak | Moderate | Weak | Weak | (Q1) 80-100% | (Q1) Individual | Weak |
(Q2) No | (Q2) Individual | ||||||||
(Q3) Yes | |||||||||
(Q3) Can’t tell | |||||||||
(Q4) No | |||||||||
Smith, R. M. et al. (2000) [16] | Moderate | Moderate | Weak | Moderate | Weak | Weak | (Q1) 80-100% (Q2) Can’t tell | (Q1) Community | Weak |
(Q3) Can’t tell | |||||||||
(Q2) Individual | |||||||||
(Q3) Yes | |||||||||
(Q4) No | |||||||||
Mackerras, D. (2001) [17] | Moderate | Moderate | Weak | Moderate | Weak | Weak | (Q1) Can’t tell | (Q1) Community | Weak |
(Q2) No | |||||||||
(Q3) Can’t tell | (Q2) Individual | ||||||||
(Q3) Yes | |||||||||
(Q4) No | |||||||||
Tursan d’Espaignet, E. et al. (2003) [25] | Moderate | Moderate | Weak | Moderate | Weak | Weak | (Q1) Can’t tell | (Q1) Community | Weak |
(Q2) Can’t tell | |||||||||
(Q3) Can’t tell | (Q2) Individual | ||||||||
(Q3) Yes | |||||||||
(Q4) No | |||||||||
Wong, R. et al. (2011) [31] | Moderate | Moderate | Weak | Moderate | Weak | Weak | (Q1) Can’t tell | (Q1) Individual | Weak |
(Q2) Can’t tell | (Q2) Individual | ||||||||
(Q3) Can’t tell | |||||||||
(Q3) Can’t tell | |||||||||
(Q4) No |