Table 3 Quality assessments for the 21 included studies
Author | Study design | Level of evidence (JBI) | Quality assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
Musgrave 2016 | Case series | 4 | Low |
Varshney 2016 | Quasi-experimental – controlled study | 2 | Medium |
Thomas 2020 | Case series | 4 | Low |
Lord 2011 | Expert opinion article | 5 | Low |
Taylor 2010 | Case series | 4 | Low |
Papadimitriou 2008 | Expert opinion article | 5 | Low |
Kweon 2014 | Prospective cohort | 3 | Medium |
Benato 2012 | Expert opinion article | 5 | Low |
Cooper 2008 | Expert opinion article | 5 | Low |
Osofsky 2006 | Expert opinion article | 5 | Low |
Ozawa 2017 | Retrospective cohort | 3 | Medium |
Volait-Rosset 2020 | Case series | 4 | Low |
Lukac 2013 | Case series | 4 | Low |
Abou-Zahr 2018 | Case series | 4 | Low |
Lennox 2007 | Review – Cohort studies | 3 | Medium |
Pollock 2006 | Review | 3 | Medium |
Karunakaran 2018 | Prospective cohort | 3 | Medium |
Lotfollahzadeh 2019 | Prospective cohort | 3 | Medium |
Koutinas 2007 | Prospective cohort | 3 | Medium |
Gururaj 2018 | Prospective cohort | 3 | Medium |
Mavangira 2013 | Case series | 4 | Low |