Table 2 Quality assessment criteria by study type
From: Preventing falls among older people with mental health problems: a systematic review
Randomised controlled trials all scored as Yes (+)/No (-)/Unclear | |
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Sequence generation | Was the allocation sequence adequately generated? |
Allocation concealment | Was allocation adequately concealed? |
Blinding | Was knowledge of the allocation intervention adequately concealed from outcome assessors? |
Incomplete outcome data- | Was this adequately addressed for each outcome? |
Selective outcome reporting | Are reports of the study free of suggestion of selective outcome reporting? |
Other source of bias | Was the study apparently free of other problems that could put it at a high risk of bias? |
Uncontrolled before after studies all scored as Yes (+)/No (-)/Unclear | |
Selection bias | Are the individuals selected to participate in the study likely to be representative of the target population? |
Blinding | Was knowledge of the allocation intervention adequately concealed from outcome assessors? |
Detection bias | Outcomes reported and measured in standardised way |
Incomplete outcome data | Was this adequately addressed for each outcome? |
Selective outcome reporting | Are reports of the study free of suggestion of selective outcome reporting? |
Other source of bias | Was the study apparently free of other problems that could put it at a high risk of bias? |