| Quality measure |
Details |
Score |
Comments |
| QA question 1 |
Are the research questions and inclusion criteria for the review clearly delineated? |
1 = “Yes” = Who (Population), What (Intervention, Comparator group, Outcome), Where and When described. |
general but concrete description of aimsto GB adoption published in academic (peer-reviewed) journals |
| QA question 2 |
Did the report of the review contain an explicit statement that the review methods were established prior to the conduct of the review and did the report justify any significant deviations from the protocol? |
0 = ”No” = research question and inclusion criteria not outlined in detail. |
not provided |
| QA question 3 |
Did the review authors explain their selection of the study designs for inclusion in the review? |
1 = “Yes” = explicit justification of the study designs/types included in the review. |
only descriptive studies exist on this topic? |
| QA question 4 |
Did the review authors use a comprehensive literature search strategy? |
0 =”No” = no information on search strategy, or not fulfilling criteria for “Yes” and “Partially”. |
1 database used (Scopus) |
| QA question 5 |
Did the review authors perform study selection in duplicate? |
0 =”No” = only one reviewer involved in the study selection or no description how many reviewers participated in study selection. |
No description how many reviewers participated |
| QA question 6 |
Did the review authors perform data extraction in duplicate? |
0 =”No” = only one reviewer involved in the study selection or no description how many reviewers participated in data extraction. |
No description how many reviewers participated |
| QA question 7 |
Did the review authors provide a list of excluded studies and justify the exclusions? |
0 =”No” = No list of studies excluded at a full-text stage. |
not provided |
| QA question 8 |
Did the review authors describe the included studies in adequate detail? |
0 =”No” = no, or partial description of the included studies |
not provided |
| QA question 9 |
Did the review authors use a satisfactory technique for assessing the risk of bias (RoB) in individual studies that were included in the review? |
0 =”No” = no mention of RoB assessment of individual included studies. |
not provided |
| QA question 10 |
Did the review authors report on the sources of funding for the studies included in the review? |
0 =”No” = no report of the sources of funding for individual studies included in the review. |
not provided |
| QA question 11 |
If meta-analysis was performed did the review authors use appropriate methods for statistical combination of results? |
N/A |
no meta-analysis |
| QA question 12 |
If meta-analysis was performed, did the review authors assess the potential impact of RoB in individual studies on the results of the meta-analysis or other evidence synthesis? |
N/A |
no meta-analysis |
| QA question 13 |
Did the review authors account for RoB in individual studies when interpreting/ discussing the results of the review? |
0 =”No” = no discussion of the potential impact of RoB in individual studies. |
not provided |
| QA question 14 |
Did the review authors provide a satisfactory explanation for, and discussion of, any heterogeneity observed in the results of the review? |
0 =”No” = No explanation or discussion of heterogeneity present in the results. |
not provided |
| QA question 15 |
If they performed quantitative synthesis did the review authors carry out an adequate investigation of publication bias (small study bias) and discuss its likely impact on the results of the review? |
N/A |
no meta-analysis |
| QA question 16 |
Did the review authors report any potential sources of conflict of interest, including any funding they received for conducting the review? |
1 = “Yes” = The authors reported no competing interests OR the authors described their funding sources and how they managed potential conflicts of interest. |
Funding sources disclosed in "Acknowledgemets" |
| Quality index |
Overall rating (Quality Index) assigned to each SR, highlighting whether major concerns arose during quality assessment that may affect overall conclusions of a SR: A = Minimal flaws; B = Some flaws; C = Major flaws in many aspects of the review. |
C |
no protocol, limited scope of the search; methodological quality and RoB of included studies not considered; included studies not well described, heterogeneity not explored; no list of excluded studies with reasons |
| Suggested review type |
Actual review type:systematic map, systematic review, rapid review, scoping review, narrative review, etc. |
rapid review |
N/A |
| Risk of bias level |
How likely are the main conclusions of the review to be biased? Basing on review type and quality index and quality_index_comment assign: high moderate or low risk? |
high |
no protocol; limited scope of the search; methodological quality and RoB of included studies not considered; no list of excluded studies with reasons |