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Quality assessment of included articles (adapted from Downs & Black [49]) |
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| Reference: |
[51] |
[52] |
[58] |
[53] |
[54] |
[60] |
[55] |
[59] |
[56] |
[57] |
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| 1 |
Is the hypothesis/aim of the study clearly described ? |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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| 2 |
Are the main outcomes to be measured clearly described in the Introduction or Methods section ? |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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| 3 |
Are the characteristics of the patients included in the study clearly described ? |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| 4 |
Are the interventions of interest clearly described ? |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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| 5 |
Are the main findings of the study clearly described ? |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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| 6 |
Does the study provide estimates of the random variability in the data for the main outcomes ? |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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| 7 |
Have actual probability values been reported (e.g. 0.035 rather than <0.05) for the main outcomes except where the probability value is less than 0.001 ? |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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| 8 |
Were the subjects asked to participate in the study representative of the entire population from which they were recruited ? |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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| 9 |
Were those subjects who were prepared to participate representative of the entire population from which they were recruited ? |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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| 10 |
Was an attempt made to blind study subjects to the intervention they have received ? |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| 11 |
Was an attempt made to blind those measuring the main outcomes of the intervention ? |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| 12 |
If any of the results of the study were based on "data dredging", was this made clear ? |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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| 13 |
Were the statistical tests used to assess the main outcomes appropriate ? |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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| 14 |
Were the main outcome measures used accurate (valid and reliable) ? |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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| 15 |
Were study subjects randomised to intervention groups ? |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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| Quality Index Score (max score = 15) |
10 |
8 |
10 |
11 |
10 |
6 |
11 |
9 |
11 |
10 |
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| Quality Index % |
67 |
53 |
67 |
73 |
67 |
40 |
73 |
60 |
73 |
67 |
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(0 = no/unable to determine, 1 = yes) | |||||||||||
McMillan and Payne Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 2008 1:13 doi:10.1186/1757-1146-1-13 |
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