From: Effect of community-based education on undergraduate nursing students’ skills: a systematic review
Selected Studies | Appraisal Quality | Quantitative non-randomized Criteria | ||||
Are the participants representative of the target population? | Are measurements appropriate regarding both the outcome and intervention (or exposure)? | Are there complete outcome data? | Are the confounders accounted for in the design and analysis? | During the study period, is the intervention administered (or exposure occurred) as intended? | ||
Nowak. 2015 [19] | H | Y | Y | Y | N | Y |
Lubbers et al. 2016 [20] | H | Y | Y | Y | N | Y |
Lubbers et al. 2017 [21] | H | Y | Y | Y | N | Y |
Higgins.2020 [22] | H | Y | Y | Y | N | Y |
Cheng et al. 2020 [23] | H | Y | Y | Y | N | Y |
Quantitative descriptive Criteria | ||||||
Is the sampling strategy relevant to address the research question? | Is the sample representative of the target population? | Are the measurements appropriate? | Is the risk of nonresponse bias low? | Is the statistical analysis appropriate to answer the research question? | ||
De Villiers et al. 2004 [24] | H | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Ibrahim.2010 [12] | H | Y | C | Y | Y | C |
Wee et al. 2010 [25] | H | C | C | Y | Y | Y |
Mixed methods Criteria | ||||||
Is there an adequate rationale for using a mixed-methods design to address the research question? | Are the different components of the study effectively integrated to answer the research question? | Are the outputs of the integration of qualitative and quantitative components adequately interpreted? | Are divergences and inconsistencies between quantitative and qualitative results adequately addressed? | Do the different components of the study adhere to the quality criteria of each tradition of the methods involved? | ||
Street et al. 2007[26] | H | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Mwanika et al. 2011 [27] | H | N | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Parry et al. 2018 [28] | H | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Lestari et al. 2020 [29] | H | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Qualitative Criteria | ||||||
Is the qualitative approach appropriate to answer the question? | Are the qualitative data collection methods adequate to address the research question? | Are the findings adequately derived from the data? | Is the interpretation of results sufficiently substantiated by data? | Is there coherence between qualitative data sources, collection, analysis and interpretation? | ||
Baglin et al. 2010 [11] | H | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Bassi. 2011 [30] | H | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Peters et al. 2015 [31] | H | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Stricklin. 2016 [32] | H | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Fereidouni et al. 2017 [33] | H | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |