Skip to main content

Table 4 Critical appraisal of included articles

From: Factors influencing the length of stay in forensic psychiatric settings: a systematic review

Author (date)

Study

Study Design

Selection

Comparability

Outcome

Quality

Andreasson 2014

2

Cohort

3

1

3

Good

Chester 2018

5

Cross Sectional

3

2

3

Good

Davoren 2015

7

Cohort

3

1

2

Good

Duke 2018

9

Cross Sectional

3

1

3

Good

Edwards 2002

11

Cohort

3

1

3

Good

Messina 2011

19

Cross Sectional

3

1

3

Good

Smith 2004

26

Cohort

3

1

3

Good

Belfrage 2002

3

Cross Sectional

2

2

3

Fair

Brown 2009

4

Cross Sectional

2

1

3

Fair

Eckert 2017

10

Cross Sectional

2

2

3

Fair

Green 1998

14

Cross Sectional

2

1

3

Fair

Griffiths 2018

15

Cross Sectional

2

2

3

Fair

Long 2012

17

Cross Sectional

1

0

3

Fair

Pav 2022

22

Cross Sectional

2

1

3

Fair

Ross 2012

24

Cross Sectional

2

2

3

Fair

Wint 1994

28

Case-control

2

1

3

Fair

Alexander 2011

1

Cross Sectional

2

0

3

Poor

Colwell 2011

6

Cross Sectional

1

0

3

Poor

Dell 1987

8

Cross Sectional

2

0

3

Poor

Esan 2015

12

Cross Sectional

1

2

3

Poor

Gosek 2020

13

Cross Sectional

2

0

3

Poor

Hillbrand 1996

16

Cross Sectional

2

0

3

Poor

McKenna 2019

18

Cross Sectional

2

0

3

Poor

Moran 1999

20

Cross Sectional

2

0

3

Poor

Moulden 2020

21

Cross Sectional

1

0

1

Poor

Rodenhauser 1988

23

Cross Sectional

2

0

3

Poor

Shah 2011

25

Cross Sectional

2

0

3

Poor

Verstegen 2017

27

Cross Sectional

2

0

3

Poor