Table 2 National Institutes of Health (NIH) quality assessment results [16]
Author | Objectives clearly stated | Well-defined research population | At least 50% of those eligible participate | Participants from similar groups | Justification of sample size, power, variance, and effect estimates | Interest exposures before outcomes | A realistic timeframe to correlate exposure and consequence | Overall rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ahmad et al. (2015) [17] | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | G |
Bayat et al. (2009) [18] | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | G |
Braimah et al. (2018) [19] | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | G |
Dowgierd et al. (2022) [20] | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | G |
Jain et al. (2008) [21] | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | G |
Kaban et al. (1990) [22] | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | G |
Kohli et al. (2017) [23] | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | G |
Longobardi et al. (2009) [24] | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | G |
Nitzan et al. (2012) [25] | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | G |
Sami et al. (2023) [26] | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | G |
Shetty et al. (2019) [27] | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | G |
Shivakotee et al. (2019) [28] | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | G |
Singh et al. (2014) [29] | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | G |
Singh et al. (2012) [30] | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | G |
Tauro and Manay (2020) [31] | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | G |
Lin et al. (2019) [32] | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | G |
Yadav et al. (2021) [33] | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | G |