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QUALITY APPRAISAL: RCTS ON TREATMENT
Author (y) Questions (Dutch Cochrane for RCT’s instrument) TOTAL/
9
Medium/High
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Helewa, 2007 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 7 H
O’Leary, 2007 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 7 H
Ylinen, 2007 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 7 H
Cleland, 2007 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 7 H
Hakkinen, 2008 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 7 H
Hakkinen, 2007 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 7 H
Itoh, 2007 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 8 H
Vas, 2006 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 7 H
Willich, 2006 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 M
Ma, 2008 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 6 M
Bernaards, 2008 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 7 H
Voerman, 2007 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 6 M
Brockow, 2001
For all questions 1=yes
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 H
Questions: 1. Is the randomisation well performed? 2. Was there an allocation concealment? 3. Were the
patients blinded for treatment? 4. Were the administrators blinded for treatment? 5. Was there a blinding
of outcome assessment? 6. Was there similarity of groups at the start of the study? 7. Was the description
of losses to follow up/withdrawals available? 8. Was the intention-to-treat reported? 9. Were the groups
equally provided of care? Note: Publications with a score < 4 were excluded.
QUALITY APPRAISAL: SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS
Author (y) Questions (Dutch Cochrane for SR instrument) TOTAL/
8
Medium/High
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Borghouts, 1998 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 7 H
Chow, 2005 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 H
Ezzo, 2007 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 H
Gemmell, 2006 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 7 H
Graham, 2006 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 5 M
Gross, 2007 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 H
Gross, 1998 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 H
Gross, 2002 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 6 M
Gross, 2004 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 H
Haines, 2008 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 7 H
Haraldsson, 2006 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 7 H
Hurwitz, 2008 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 H
Karjalainen, 2003 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 6 M
Kay, 2005 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 6 M
Kroeling, 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 H
Macauly, 2007 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 7 H
Peloso, 2007 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 H
Sarig-Bahat, 2003 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 6 M
Saragiovannis, 2005 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 7 H
Shields, 2006 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 7 H
Trinh, 2006 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 H
Vernon, 2007 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 H
Vernon, 2005 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 M
Vernon, 2007(b)
For all questions 1=yes
1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 6 M
Questions: 1. Is the question adequately formulated? 2. Is search strategy adequately performed? 3. Is the
selection procedure of the publications adequately performed? 4. Is the quality appraisal adequately
performed? 5. Is the description of the data-extraction adequately performed? 6. Is the description of the
study baseline characteristics adequate? 7. Is the meta-analysis correctly performed? 8. Is the statistical
pooling correctly performed? Note: Publications with a score < 4 were excluded.