Table 1 Summary of quality assessment (using STROBE assessment tools) of the articles included
From: Clinical, economic, and humanistic burden of asthma in Canada: a systematic review
Report section | Item | Item # | % articles with STROBE criteria not met | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clinical burden | Economic burden | Humanistic burden | |||
Title and abstract | Title | 1a | 20% | 40% | 10% |
Abstract | 1b | 13% | 30% | 0% | |
Introduction | Background/rationale | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Objective | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
Methods | Study design | 4 | 3% | 10% | 0% |
Setting | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
Participants | 6a | 13% | 10% | 0% | |
6b | 30% | 10% | 10% | ||
Variables | 7 | 23% | 30% | 30% | |
Data sources/measurement | 8 | 10% | 10% | 0% | |
Bias | 9 | 53% | 40% | 40% | |
Study size | 10 | 20% | 30% | 30% | |
Quantitative variables | 11 | 13% | 20% | 20% | |
Statistical methods | 12a | 30% | 30% | 10% | |
12b | 47% | 60% | 20% | ||
12c | 70% | 60% | 50% | ||
12d | 60% | 60% | 30% | ||
12e | 77% | 50% | 80% | ||
Results | Participants | 13a | 40% | 50% | 30% |
13b | 63% | 60% | 30% | ||
13c | 73% | 80% | 50% | ||
Descriptive data | 14a | 37% | 50% | 20% | |
14b | 77% | 80% | 60% | ||
14c | 27% | 20% | 20% | ||
Outcome data | 15 | 3% | 10% | 0% | |
Main results | 16a | 27% | 30% | 0% | |
16b | 63% | 70% | 20% | ||
16c | 40% | 70% | 30% | ||
Other analyses | 17 | 37% | 20% | 60% | |
Discussion | Key results | 18 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Limitations | 19 | 7% | 20% | 20% | |
Interpretation | 20 | 3% | 10% | 0% | |
Generalizability | 21 | 3% | 10% | 20% | |
Other | Funding | 22 | 23% | 40% | 20% |