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Type of methodological quality assessment recommended to be used by Cochrane Review Groups. Values are numbers (percentages) |
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| Type |
Recommended (n = 50) |
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| Component |
41 (82) |
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| Component explicitly recommended, reservations towards scales |
16 (32) |
| Component explicitly recommended |
18 (36) |
| Component recommended through quotation of Cochrane Handbook |
3 (6) |
| Component assumed recommended as there was no information |
4 (8) |
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| Scale |
9 (18) |
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| Scale explicitly recommended |
7 (14) |
| Scale optional |
2 (4) |
Lundh and Gøtzsche BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008 8:22 doi:10.1186/1471-2288-8-22 |
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