Table 4 Qualitative assessment of study reporting
From: Normal ranges of left ventricular strain in children: a meta-analysis
Description of criteria | Possible answers |
|---|---|
Is the hypothesis/aim/objective of the study clearly described? | Yes/No |
Are the main outcomes to be measured clearly described in the Introduction or Methods section? | Yes/No |
Are the characteristics of the patients included in the study clearly described? | Yes/No |
Are the distributions of principal confounders clearly described? | Yes/No |
Are the main findings of the study clearly described? | Yes/No |
Does the study provide estimates of the random variability in the data for the main outcomes? | Yes/No |
Were the subjects asked to participate in the study representative of the entire population from which they were recruited? | Yes/No/UTD |
Was an attempt made to blind those measuring the main outcomes of the intervention? | Yes/No/UTD |
Was reproducibility analysis performed? | Yes/No |