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Table 3 Methodological quality assessment of included studies

From: Sustainability of healthcare professionals’ adherence to clinical practice guidelines in primary care

 

Studies

Item 1

Item 2

Item 3

Item 4

Item 5

Item 6

Item 7

Item 8

Item 9

1

Spitaels D, 2019, Belgium [29]

High

Unclear

Low

High

Low

Unclear

Unclear

Low

Unclear

2

Presseau J, 2018, England [30]

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

High

3

Pinto D, 2018, Portugal [31]

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

High

High

Low

High

4

Wang H-YJ, 2018, USA [32]

Unclear

Unclear

Low

Low

Low

Unclear

Unclear

Low

Unclear

5

Trietsch J, 2017, Netherlands [36]

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

High

Low

Unclear

6

van der Velden AW, 2017, Netherlands [33]

Unclear

High

Low

Low

Unclear

Unclear

Unclear

Low

Unclear

7

Noto H, 2016, Japan [34]

Unclear

Unclear

Low

High

Unclear

Low

Low

Low

High

8

Gerber JS, 2014, USA [23]

Unclear

Unclear

Unclear

Unclear

Unclear

Unclear

Unclear

Unclear

Unclear

9

Martín-Madrazo C, 2012, Spain [35]

Unclear

Unclear

Low

Low

Unclear

Unclear

Unclear

Low

Unclear

10

Enriquez-Puga A, 2009, England [22]

Low

Unclear

Low

Low

Unclear

Low

Unclear

Low

Unclear

11

Cates CJ 2009, England [21]

High

High

High

High

Unclear

Unclear

Unclear

Low

Unclear

  1. Item 1 random sequence generation; Item 2 adequate concealment of allocation; Item 3 similar baseline outcome measures; Item 4 similar baseline characteristics; Item 5 blinding of outcome assessment; Item 6 adequately addressed incomplete outcome data; Item 7 adequate protection against contamination; Item 8 free from selective reporting; and Item 9 free of other risk of bias
  2. Source: https://epoc.cochrane.org/resources/epoc-resources-review-authors
  3. Low = “Low risk”, High = “High risk”, Unclear = “Unclear risk”