From: A 10 year (2000–2010) systematic review of interventions to improve quality of care in hospitals
ID | Study | Limitations of design (Risk of bias) | Inconsistency or heterogenity | Indirectness (PICO and Applicablity) | Imprecision of result | Publication bias | Quality rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A | [30] (Aghlmand et al., 2008) | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | Moderate |
B | [24] (Kalisch et al., 2007) | √ | √ | √ | X | √ | Low |
C | [27] (Curtis et al., 2008) | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | Moderate |
D | [26] (Kipp et al., 2001) | √ | X | X | X | √ | Very Low |
E | [25] (Oosthuizen et al., 2002) | √ | √ | √ | X | √ | Low |
F | [29] (Brown et al., 2007) | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | High |
G | [28] (Schmied et al., 2009) | √ | √ | √ | X | √ | Low |
H | [23] (Moffitt et al., 2009) | √ | √ | √ | X | √ | Low |
I | [22] (Wessels et al., 2010) | √ | √ | √ | X | √ | Low |
J | [37] (Varelas et al., 2004) | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | Low |
K | [35] (Nolan et al., 2005) | √ | √ | X | √ | √ | Low |
L | [34] (Scott et al., 2000) | √ | √ | X | √ | √ | Moderate |
M | [39] (Van Zyl et al., 2004) | √ | X | √ | √ | √ | Low |
N | [36] (Feldman et al., 2006) | √ | X | √ | √ | √ | Very Low |
O | [33] (Mehta et al., 2002) | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | Moderate |
P | [31] (Halm et al., 2004) | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | Moderate |
Q | [32] (Meehan et al., 2001) | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | Moderate |
R | [38] (Choma et al., 2009) | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | Moderate |
S | [41] (Koplan et al., 2008) | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | Moderate |
T | [40] (Smith et al., 2004) | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | Moderate |