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Table 2 Quality assessments of Burke et al. in systematic reviews

From: No short-cut in assessing trial quality: a case study

Review

Year

NCT*

Quality

Internal Validity Problems

1. Lehnert [37]

1993

5

Good

None Stated

2. Rosenfeld et al. [39]

1994

4

High

None Stated

3. Del Mar et al. [40]

1997

8

10/11

None Stated

4. Froom et al. [53]

1997

7

Adequate

None Stated

5. Cantekin [38]

1998

8

Not Good

Baseline Comparability

6. Marcy et al. [41]

2001

6

4/5

Dropouts Description

7. Glasziou et al. [42]

2003

10

High

Baseline Comparability, MO†

8. Rosenfeld [46]

2003

9

High

None Stated

9. Rovers et al. [43]

2006

6

High

None Stated

  1. *NCT = Number of Controlled Trials; †MO = Misidentified Outcome